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 We'll begin our worship by singing to God's praise.

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 20, in the Scottish Psalter.

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 Psalm 20, we're singing verse 1 to verse 7, the tune is Kilmarnock.

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 Jehovah, hear thee in the day when trouble he does send,

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 and let the name of Jacob's God thee from all ill defend.

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 Psalm speaks about the help we get from the Lord,

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 and in verse 7 we're reminded of how some people put confidence in horses.

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 In chariots, some put confidence in some horses thrust upon.

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 That speaks of a time when people looked to the help of nations and armies around them,

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 that they would support them in their time of need.

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 But it says, but we remember, will the name of our Lord God alone.

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 We're reminded there to put our hope and our trust and confidence in God alone.

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 So let's sing verse 1 to verse 7 to God's praise.

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 Jehovah, hear thee in the day when trouble he does send,

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 And let the name of Jacob's God

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 The prophet will defend

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 O let him help send the mother

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 Out of his sanctuary

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 From Zion his own glory

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 Let him give strength to thee

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 Let him be ever all I give

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 I'll set thy sacrifice

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 Grant me thy heart's wish

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 And fulfill thy thoughts

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 And counsel wise

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 In thy salvation we will join

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 In our cross name we will

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 His play of others

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 And the Lord thy players all fulfill

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 Now know why God his kingdom say

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 He from his holy hand

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 Will hear him when the saving strength

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 By his own right hand

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 In the chariot some good confidence

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 Some horses trust upon

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 That we remember

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 Will the name

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 Of our Lord God alone

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 Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer

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 Let us pray

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 Lord our gracious God

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 We do thank you for your word

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 And for the great privilege it is

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 To be able to sing praise to you

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 That you are the one who we can come

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 And call upon at this time

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 And indeed any time

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 Be it day or night Lord

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 We thank you that you are the one

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 Who is able to hear us

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 When we cry in our trouble

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 And we thank you that it is under your name

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 That we are able to find refuge

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 That we are able to find protection

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 And we know Lord that we all need you

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 We are all a people who are

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 Perishing as your word says

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 We are all a people who have

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 Within us Lord that knowledge

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 That our time in this world

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 Is but passing by so quickly

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 You are reminded to us Lord

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 So often

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 When we hear of people passing

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 In young age

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 When we hear of so many things

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 That happen around us

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 In our own lives and experience

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 When we see what is taking place

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 Throughout the world

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 We are reminded of

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 A people perishing always

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 But we thank you that your word

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 Reminds us too

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 That there is life through you

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 That although our time in this world

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 May be short

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 That for each of us

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 There is a reminder of an eternity

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 Before us

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 An unending age

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 An experience for which

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 We all must prepare

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 For your word reminds us

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 To be ready

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 To be prepared for that day

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 A day when the Lord is coming

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 To judge a people

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 To judge all people

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 And we know that it is only

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 Through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 That we are ready for that day

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 And so we pray Lord

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 That you will help us

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 To find our refuge in you

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 To find in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 The one who is able

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 To take away our sin

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 The one who is able to cleanse us

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 The one who is able

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 To keep us from stumbling

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 And we pray Lord

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 That even this night

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 As we come together

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 As we think of ourselves

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 And as we think of all

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 That's going on around us

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 That you will help us

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 All to see Jesus

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 Help us all to know him

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 And through your word

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 And by your spirit

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 As we once again come and hear

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 Your word speaking to us

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 Help us that it will not

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 Pass over us

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 Or not just pass through us

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 But that it will take root

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 That it will take root

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 In our hearts

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 And that it will help us

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 To come

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 And know what it is

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 To be a people of faith

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 And to be built up

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 In the faith

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 And so may you be with us

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 In our time of worship

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 And be with all

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 Who gather as we do

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 To praise your name

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 And we do thank you

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 As always Lord

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 That from the rising of the sun

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 To its setting

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 That your name is praised

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 Throughout the world

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 We marvel at the situations

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 Where your name is praised

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 We thank you Lord

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 For so many nations

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 Of the world

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 So many people

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 So many tribes

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 And tongues

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 All connected by your name

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 The name that is above

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 Every name

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 We thank you for brothers

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 And sisters around the world

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 We thank you that we are one

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 In Christ Jesus

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 And we pray Lord

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 That you will help us

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 To be united

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 And bound together as one

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 That all our differences

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 All our different ways

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 Of looking at things

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 All the differences of opinion

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 That might exist

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 Even among your own people

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 That we will be all agreed

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 In one thing

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 That salvation belongs to God

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 And that salvation is found

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 In the Lord Jesus Christ

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 And so may your name

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 Be glorified far and wide

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 May you draw sinners to you

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 Even anew this day

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 May they be rejoicing in heaven

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 Over sinners being saved

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 We pray that even for ourselves here

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 Lord that the heavens

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 Would rejoice this night

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 As people's hearts would be opened

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 As they would receive by grace

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 The Lord Jesus Christ

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 As they would know him

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 As only he can be known

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 Through your word

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 And by your spirit

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 That we would come to know him

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 Even more personally

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 And even more intimately

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 That we would weep over our sins

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 That then we would rejoice

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 In the goodness of God

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 And in the forgiveness of our sins

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 Through faith

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 And so Lord

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 May you bless us in our time

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 And hear our prayers

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 As we offer them up

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 Hear our prayers

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 For our people here

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 And belonging to us

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 We know Lord

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 That the troubles of this world

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 Are many

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 And how many need you

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 In different ways this night

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 How many need your help

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 In times of illness

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 How many people need you

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 In times of grief and sorrow

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 How many people who need you

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 In times of fear

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 And anxiety and worry

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 We know all around us

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 That the troubles of this world

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 Are many

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 But we thank you

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 For the great gift

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 And the power of prayer

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 And so may you surround our people

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 May you be with them

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 In all their different needs

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 Young, old, middle-aged alike

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 That all of our needs

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 Would be met by you

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 For you know them each one

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 You know every home

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 Where there are tears being wept

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 Even at this time

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 You know every home

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 Where there is sorrow and sadness

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 You know every home

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 Where there is longing

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 Longing to know you

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 Longing to be among your people

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 Longing for help and support

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 In so many different ways

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 And Lord, teach us and help us

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 To love one another

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 Teach us to get to know one another

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 To pray for one another as we should

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 To encourage one another

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 To help one another

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 Lord, we pray that you will surround us

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 And build us up together

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 As a people

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 For as your word says

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 We are one body

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 Of many parts

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 And when one part hurts

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 The rest of the body

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 Is affected as well

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 And so we pray, Lord

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 For all our pains

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 And all our sorrows

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 Oh Lord, that you will comfort and help

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 But we thank you too

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 That there is reason

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 For rejoicing in you

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 That you are the God

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 Who is at work

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 That you are the God

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 Who is building his church

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 That you are the God

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 Who will not be overcome

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 And so we rejoice, Lord

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 In your kingdom

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 A kingdom that is coming with power

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 And we thank you

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 That throughout the world

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 That you are bearing fruit

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 And we pray for our own nation

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 At this time

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 That in the troubles

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 That we see around us

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 You would turn us towards you

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 That our nation would again

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 Bear fruit for you

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 Bear fruit from the top

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 Top of our society

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 All the way down

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 From those who rule

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 And govern over us, Lord

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 To our councils

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 To our homes

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 And our families

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 All around us

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 To our workplaces

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 And throughout our communities

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 Far and wide

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 Oh Lord, that your spirit

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 Will be upon us

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 To bring a day of your power

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 Into our midst

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 So we pray, Lord

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 For leaders over us

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 And for potential leaders

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 Over us

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 And for all that goes on

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 In our land

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 We pray for your wisdom

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 And for your guidance

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 We pray for your peace

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 Throughout the world

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 Peace in the nations

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 Of conflict and troubles

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 That are many

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 Peace in the midst

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 Of terror and fear

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 And so many other things

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 We pray, Lord

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 For your healing hand

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 To be upon us

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 To bring conflicts

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 To an end

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 To turn war into peace

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 To bring a renewal

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 Into our lands, oh Lord

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 Where we see evil

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 That we would see good

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 Oh Lord, we ask these things

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 Acknowledging our own weakness

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 We can do nothing

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 Apart from you

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 And so we ask

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 Independence upon you

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 Asking, knowing

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 That you are Lord

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 And God of all

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 And so we pray, Lord

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 That you will help us

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 To have faith

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 And to pray with that faith

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 We thank you

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 For all our people here

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 And we pray

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 Your blessing

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 On all that's been done

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 This day

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 For our young people

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 In our services of worship

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 And in the fellowship

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 To come this evening as well

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 We pray, Lord

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 That your blessing

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 Will follow all things

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 We thank you

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 For the youth fellowship

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 To take place

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 And may it be blessed

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 To all who attend

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 We thank you

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 For Muriel, Lord

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 For the time

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 She has enjoyed

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 At home with us

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 And for her preparations

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 For going away, Lord

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 We pray for everything

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 That needs to be done

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 To enable her

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 To go back to Cambodia

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 And as she looks forward

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 To returning to that work

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 God willing

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 We pray

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 Your protection

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 And your blessing on her

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 And upon all

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 The work that she does

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 There with so many others

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 We pray, Lord

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 That your blessing

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 Will follow it

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 And for all your people

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 Who serve you

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 Near and far, Lord

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 We pray for strength

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 For encouragement

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 And for your help

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 In persevering

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 And keeping on

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 In all that we do

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 So bless us now

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 And go before us

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 Pardoning all our sin

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 As we ask it all

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 In Jesus' name

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 Amen

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 Well again, sing to God's praise

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 This time in Psalm 27

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 In the Sing Psalms version

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 Page 32 of the Psalm books

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 We're going to sing

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 From verse 9

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 To verse 14

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 The end of the Psalm

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 Psalm 27

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 At verse 9

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 Do not hide your face from me

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 And do not turn aside

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 Your servant in your righteous wrath

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 For you have been my guide

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 O God, my Saviour

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 Leave me not

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 Do not reject my plea

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 My parents may forsake me, Lord

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 But you will welcome me

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 We'll sing from verse 9

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 To the end of the Psalm

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 And the tune is Belmont

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 Oh, do not hide your face from me

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 And do not turn aside

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 Your servant in your righteous wrath

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 For you have been my guide

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 O God, my Saviour

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 Leave me not

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 Do not reject my plea

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 My valence may forsake me, Lord

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 But you will welcome me

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 Teach me, O Lord

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 How I should live

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 And lead me in your way

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 Make straight my path

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 In all time falls

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 Oppress me every day

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 Give me not over to the will

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 Of David Gentiles

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 For my heart

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 For my heart

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 To slander me

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 For my heart

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 To slander me

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 And greet the cruelty

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 Yet I am sure

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 Yet I am sure

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 That in this time

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 God's goodness

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 I will see

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 Wait for the Lord

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 Lord

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 He strong

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 He strong

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 Take heart

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 For him

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 Wake

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 Wait patiently

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 Wait patiently

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 Wait patiently

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 Wait for the Lord

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 I am sure

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 I am sure

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 I am sure

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 I am sure

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 I am sure

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 We are going to take

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 To the second

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 To the second

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 Book of the Bible

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 Before Revelation

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 The letter of Jude

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 Read the whole of this letter together

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 The letter of Jude

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 From the beginning

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 Jude

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 A servant of Jesus Christ

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 And brother of James

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 To those who are called beloved in God

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 The father and kept for Jesus Christ

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 May mercy

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 Peace

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 And love

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 Be multiplied to you

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 Beloved

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 Although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation

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 I found it necessary to write appealing to you

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 To contend

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 For the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints

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 For certain people have crept in unnoticed

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 Who long ago were designated for this condemnation

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 And godly people

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 Who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality

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 And deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ

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 Now I want to remind you

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 Although you once fully knew it

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 That Jesus who saved a people out of the land of Egypt

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 Afterwards destroyed those who did not believe

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 And the angels who did not stay within their own position

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 Of authority

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 But left their proper dwelling

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 He has kept in eternal chains

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 Under gloomy darkness

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 Until the judgment of the great day

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 Just as Sodom and Gomorrah

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 And the surrounding cities

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 Which likewise indulged in sexual immorality

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 And pursued unnatural desire

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 Serve as an example by undergoing a punishment

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 Of eternal fire

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 Yet in like manner these people also

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 Relying on their dreams

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 Defile the flesh

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 Reject authority

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 And blaspheme the glorious ones

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 But when the archangel Michael

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 Contending with the devil

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 Was disputing about the body of Moses

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 He did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment

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 But said

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 The Lord rebuke you

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 But these people blaspheme

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 All that they do not understand

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 And they are destroyed by all that they

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 Like unreasoning animals

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 Understand instinctively

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 Woe to them

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 For they walked in the way of Cain

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 And abandoned themselves

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 For the sake of gain to Balaam's error

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 And perished in Korah's rebellion

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 These are blemishes on your love feasts

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 As they feast with you without fear

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 Looking after themselves

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 Waterless clouds

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 Swept along by winds

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 Fruitless trees

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 In late autumn

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 Twice dead

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 Uprooted

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 Wild waves of the sea

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 Casting up the foam

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 Of their own shame

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 Wandering stars

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 For whom the gloom of utter darkness

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 Has been reserved forever

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 It's also about these

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 That Enoch the seventh from Adam

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 Prophesied saying

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 Behold the Lord came with ten thousands

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 Of his holy ones

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 To execute judgment on all

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 And to convict all the ungodly

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 Of all their deeds of ungodliness

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 That they have committed

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 In such an ungodly way

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 And of all the harsh things

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 That ungodly sinners have spoken against him

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 These are grumblers

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 Grumblers

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 Malcontents

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 Following their own sinful desires

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 They are loud mouth boasters

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 Showing favoritism to gain advantage

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 But you must remember beloved

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 The predictions of the apostles

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 Of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 They said to you

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 In the last time

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 There will be scoffers

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 Following their own ungodly passions

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 It is these who cause divisions

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 Worldly people

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 Devoid of the spirit

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 But you beloved

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 Build yourselves up

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 In your most holy faith

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 Pray in the Holy Spirit

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 Keep yourselves in the love of God

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 Waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 That leads to eternal life

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 And have mercy on those who doubt

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 Save others by snatching them out of the fire

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 To others show mercy

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 With fear hating even the garment

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 Stained by the flesh

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 Now to him who is able

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 To keep you from stumbling

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 And to present you blameless

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 Before the presence of his glory

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 With great joy

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 To the only God our Saviour

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 Through Jesus Christ our Lord

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 Be glory, majesty, dominion and authority

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 Before all time and now and forever

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 Amen

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 May God bless that reading from his word

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 Before we turn back to that passage

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 We'll again sing to God's praise in Psalm 62

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 Again we're in the sing psalms

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 On page 79

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 Psalm 62

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 On page 79

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 We're going to sing from verse 1

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 To verse 8

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 And the tune is Herringate

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 My soul finds rest in God alone

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 From him comes my salvation sure

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 My safety, fortress, sheltering rock

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 In him alone I am secure

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 We'll sing from verse 1

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 To verse 8

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 To God's praise

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 My soul finds rest in God alone

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 From him comes my salvation sure

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 My safety, fortress, sheltering rock

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 In him alone I am secure

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 How long will you assault a man?

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 Do you all seek to lay in love?

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 This meany wall, this taunting face

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 And bring our albis overgrown

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 They plough his whole promises

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 They take delight in spreading light

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 With force and ploughing, bounding legs

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 But in their hearts

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 Curse and despise

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 Find praise my soul

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 In God alone

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 In him my hope is ever sure

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 My safety, fortress, sheltering rock

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 In him alone I am secure

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 My honor and salvation praise

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 My honor and salvation praise

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 On God my hope

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 My honor and salvation praise

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 On God my hope

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 My honor and salvation praise

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 On God my hope

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 My honor and salvation praise

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 On God my hope

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 My honor and salvation praise

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 On God my hope

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 My honor and salvation praise

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 On God my hope

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 On God my hope

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 My glory

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 On God my hope

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 My honor and salvation praise

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 On God my glory

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 On God my glory

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 On God my glory

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 On God my glory

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 On God my glory

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 All God my glory

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 Christ in him always, to him alone for a pure heart.

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 Well, we can turn back together to our reading in the letter of Jude.

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 And we're going to look at the end of this letter, verse 17 onwards in particular.

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 And just to note three things in these verses that we're going to focus in on particularly.

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 Verse 17, verse 20, and verse 24.

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 And twice it says there in verse 17 and 20,

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 But you, but you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Then at verse 20,

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 But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith.

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 And then in verse 24 it says,

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 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling.

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 And so on.

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 So we see there there's two, but you.

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 And then at the end, now to him.

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 That's what we're going to be looking at in particular this evening, these verses.

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 I'm sure many of you from time to time you'll receive a brown envelope through the post.

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 And that envelope will be marked, well marked now, on his majesty's service.

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 In the past it used to be on her majesty's service.

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 There's an element of importance attached to this envelope.

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 And maybe for some people you see it arriving and it fills you maybe with a sense of dread.

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 What am I going to see when I open this envelope?

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 For other people there may be a sense of anticipation.

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:15.420
 I wonder if there's anything good coming inside this envelope.

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:21.200
 Sometimes it's good where you maybe get tax back or something like that.

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.400
 You get a rebate.

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:27.900
 Other times and maybe more often, it's asking you to make payment.

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:30.039
 That you owe something.

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:38.000
 But whatever comes in this envelope, whenever that envelope arrives on his majesty's service,

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:41.340
 there's one thing that you mustn't do with it.

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:44.100
 And that is to ignore it.

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:48.240
 Just to put it away somewhere and forget all about and say,

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:50.139
 I'll deal with that later.

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:53.759
 I'm just not interested on what's inside it.

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:58.159
 We cannot ignore these kinds of letters.

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:03.759
 And so as we turn to this letter of Jude this evening,

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:08.799
 you see the way Jude describes himself in the opening verse of this letter.

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:14.279
 And there is a reminder to us of the importance of this letter.

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:17.799
 Indeed, the importance of all of God's word.

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:21.940
 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ.

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:26.480
 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ.

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:31.700
 So this letter, it comes with a stamp of authority.

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:34.200
 This is an important letter.

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:38.240
 This is truly on his majesty's service.

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:43.600
 Our king is speaking to us through his word.

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:50.779
 And above all, as with all scripture, this is something that we cannot ignore.

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:56.899
 Maybe for some of us, we look forward to hearing what this letter,

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:59.539
 what God's word has to say to us.

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:03.659
 Maybe for others, we're a little fearful coming to God's word

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:07.579
 and hearing what is going to be in God's word for us.

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:12.859
 Because we're always challenged, we're always convicted by God's word.

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:19.079
 But one thing none of us can do is just choose to ignore it

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:23.639
 and choose to put it away and maybe deal with it another time.

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:28.559
 Because every time we hear this word, the king is speaking to us.

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:33.839
 And so we want to hear what God the Lord is saying to us together

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:36.740
 this evening through his word here.

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:42.299
 And this is a letter that is maybe difficult to just figure out

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:44.399
 who it's being written to.

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:48.539
 Some have speculated whether it's written to Gentiles.

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:51.539
 Some have said it's written more towards the Jewish people,

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:54.759
 the two main kinds of people in Jude's day.

00:31:55.439 --> 00:31:58.819
 But most have come down on the side that it's written to both.

00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:02.519
 It's written to Christians, both Jews and Gentiles,

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:05.039
 who, as we see in this letter,

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:07.980
 are having to contend with having to deal with

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:10.659
 false teaching coming into their midst.

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:15.859
 They're living very much in the midst of a pagan society.

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:20.039
 Society that really wants little to do with God.

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:22.980
 And similar to what we were hearing together this morning

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:26.539
 of Daniel and his days in Babylon.

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:31.680
 Days when people were trying to pull them away from God

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:34.519
 and bring them into their own ways of thinking.

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:39.220
 And that's exactly what's happening here in Jude's day as well.

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:43.599
 And as you look at this letter, you see in the opening verses,

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:48.539
 in verse 3 and 4, we are told this congregation of Christians

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:52.839
 that Jude is writing to, he's writing to encourage them

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:55.399
 to contend for the faith.

00:32:55.459 --> 00:32:57.059
 It says that in verse 3.

00:32:57.720 --> 00:33:00.279
 I found it necessary to write appealing to you

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:02.279
 to contend for the faith

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:06.500
 that was once for all delivered to the saints.

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:12.880
 So there's this purpose in his writing to the Christians

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:16.400
 to contend with the faith, to keep going in the faith,

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:18.279
 to remain strong in the faith.

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:20.759
 And then he tells the reason why he has to write,

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:24.240
 for certain people have crept in unnoticed,

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:28.039
 who long ago were designated for this condemnation.

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:33.079
 ungodly people who pervert the grace of our God.

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:35.639
 So they were perverting the truth.

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:38.639
 They were giving them this false teaching.

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:42.839
 And so Jude is writing to them to encourage them

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:47.779
 to contend in the faith, to keep going in the faith.

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:51.200
 And from verse 5 to verse 16,

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:55.019
 he outlines a number of the problems that they are facing,

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:58.500
 a number of the challenges that they are facing,

00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:00.339
 what they are to beware of,

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:04.180
 of all of these false teachers who have come.

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:07.000
 And again, just like this morning with Daniel,

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:09.119
 and as we look around our world today,

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:11.280
 we're surrounded by false teaching,

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:16.000
 by teaching that in many ways is crazy in our eyes.

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:21.659
 But yet we find that even in the midst of all of this,

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:26.079
 the word of God is so timely to us.

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:29.399
 For every situation, for every circumstance

00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:31.159
 that we find ourselves in,

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:33.839
 there's nothing new under the sun.

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:36.920
 That's what God's words reminds us

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:39.259
 in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament,

00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:41.799
 that there's nothing new under the sun.

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:45.420
 And so as generations pass and as time goes on,

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:48.920
 we find ourselves coming against the same issues

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:50.860
 time and time again.

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:55.720
 But then in verse 17 to verse 25,

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:59.820
 Jude outlines the response that God's people are to have

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:04.280
 in every generation, in every set of circumstances.

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:08.720
 And that is to always look to God.

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:11.800
 How to deal with these situations,

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.760
 how to keep on,

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:17.080
 it is always to look to God.

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:20.040
 Because just as there's nothing new under the sun,

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:23.400
 God is a constant in it all as well.

00:35:24.100 --> 00:35:26.580
 He is the one who has brought his people

00:35:26.580 --> 00:35:28.020
 through every occasion,

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:31.620
 whether it's Daniel and his compatriots there in Babylon,

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:35.620
 whether it's going back to the days of God's people in Egypt,

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:37.860
 whether it's going into the New Testament

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:40.580
 and the disciples going out with the Lord.

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:42.179
 All of these things,

00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:46.360
 the constant is that God is faithful to his people.

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:48.159
 And in this letter,

00:35:48.319 --> 00:35:49.799
 Jude gives us encouragement,

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.659
 how to keep on.

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:54.799
 The encouragement that people needed then

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:57.059
 and that maybe we need today as well.

00:35:57.960 --> 00:36:01.759
 To keep going and to keep looking and trusting in God,

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:04.699
 no matter what is going on around us.

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:07.219
 And you see it in three parts,

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:09.599
 as I was saying there in this letter to Jude.

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:12.239
 Under these beginnings where he says,

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.699
 but you, but you,

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:16.699
 and now to him who is able.

00:36:16.759 --> 00:36:19.339
 And we're going to break it down into these three sections.

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.980
 In verse 17 to 19,

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:24.759
 he gives us a call to remembrance.

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:28.619
 In verse 20 and 23,

00:36:28.779 --> 00:36:31.759
 he gives us an exhortation to grow,

00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:35.000
 to build ourselves up in the faith.

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:37.300
 And then at the end of the letter,

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:39.460
 verse 24 to 25,

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:42.679
 we see we are to remember that God is the one

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:45.320
 who is able to keep us.

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:48.159
 That is what we have to do on the one hand,

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:51.340
 and that what God is doing for his people

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:52.579
 on the other hand,

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:54.739
 and both go together.

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:59.219
 And so in the midst of the variety of false teaching

00:36:59.219 --> 00:37:02.079
 that Jude is writing about in these opening verses,

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:06.099
 he comes back to conclude the letter in a positive way,

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:08.659
 giving instructions so we not only

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:11.179
 see the challenges around us,

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:13.539
 and the reality of God is over them,

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:15.899
 but we also see that God is the one

00:37:15.899 --> 00:37:17.779
 who is able to bring us through them,

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:21.160
 and that we can grow in our knowledge

00:37:21.160 --> 00:37:23.380
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:25.500
 So there's these two sides

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:28.320
 to this Christian perseverance.

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:32.180
 Our part to keep on,

00:37:32.600 --> 00:37:36.660
 and God's part in his keeping of us.

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:38.980
 So the first thing we want to see

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:42.180
 is the remembering side of things.

00:37:43.560 --> 00:37:45.460
 But just before we come to that,

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:47.300
 I want us to think of these words

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:49.740
 that it begins with in verse 17.

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:52.160
 But you.

00:37:53.600 --> 00:37:57.000
 There's a change in the letter here with Jude.

00:37:57.940 --> 00:38:00.080
 After going through all that is wrong

00:38:00.080 --> 00:38:03.000
 in the false teaching that has come into their midst,

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:05.780
 now he begins a new section in verse 17

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:07.600
 saying, but you.

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:10.180
 There's an indication here

00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:14.019
 that there are people who are to be different.

00:38:15.100 --> 00:38:17.280
 As we were hearing the children's address this morning,

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:19.180
 it's this free from.

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:23.400
 We are to be different as God's people.

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:25.480
 And that's what these words mean at the start,

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.500
 but you.

00:38:27.200 --> 00:38:30.080
 There's a challenge to God's people.

00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:33.760
 And that asks the question immediately of us,

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:37.019
 what side are we on?

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:54.460
 There's a contrast in the opening verses

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:58.960
 of all that is wrong with the world of Jude's day,

00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:03.619
 where people are being pulled into this way of thinking,

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:05.599
 this way of living.

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.699
 You can read through it again

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:09.260
 when you go home this evening.

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:12.500
 But you see the manner of these people,

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.920
 as he says in verse 8.

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:16.720
 The manner of these people relying on their dreams,

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:18.480
 defile the flesh,

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.720
 reject authority,

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:22.679
 blaspheme the glorious one.

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:25.679
 All that is wrong with the people

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:27.779
 is outlined almost in these words.

00:39:29.259 --> 00:39:30.399
 They put away authority,

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:33.779
 they blaspheme the glorious one.

00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:37.719
 There is you who is on that side.

00:39:38.879 --> 00:39:41.339
 But as Jude goes on there in verse 17,

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.779
 he says,

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:44.659
 but you are different.

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:48.319
 And so the question as we start is,

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:51.319
 is that the side that you are on?

00:39:52.399 --> 00:39:56.960
 Are you on the side that is blaspheming the glorious one?

00:39:57.299 --> 00:40:00.239
 Going along with the pull of this world

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:01.500
 and the way of this world

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:04.639
 that's going further and further away from God?

00:40:04.819 --> 00:40:06.359
 Or are you like Daniel,

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:08.299
 standing on the other side?

00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:11.239
 Standing for the Lord.

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:14.480
 And maybe it's a question,

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:16.819
 you're afraid to be asked.

00:40:17.859 --> 00:40:20.059
 It's a question you maybe want to avoid

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.599
 at certain times.

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:24.779
 Maybe it's a question you maybe dread a minister

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:26.299
 coming to ask you.

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:28.420
 But what about you?

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:32.359
 But it's an unavoidable question.

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:35.219
 And it's a question I put to you all tonight.

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:38.739
 But you, this evening,

00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:41.799
 what side are you on?

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:45.860
 Are we on the side that blasphemes?

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:49.160
 Or are we on the side that is going on

00:40:49.160 --> 00:40:51.280
 in the strength of the Lord?

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.220
 And as we move on,

00:40:53.240 --> 00:40:56.320
 we're going to see that the you that he is talking to here

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:58.560
 is the side we must be on.

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:00.920
 The side of faith.

00:41:01.580 --> 00:41:04.640
 The side of trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ

00:41:04.640 --> 00:41:07.200
 and growing in our knowledge of him.

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:09.279
 But that question remains,

00:41:09.819 --> 00:41:13.219
 but you, what side are you on?

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:18.219
 So then we go on to see what he's saying to these people.

00:41:18.859 --> 00:41:20.399
 And he says, first of all,

00:41:20.399 --> 00:41:23.879
 but you must remember, beloved,

00:41:24.399 --> 00:41:29.619
 the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:33.819
 He has warned that false teachers have come in.

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:37.059
 But now he's saying to them,

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:38.440
 there is this challenge.

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:41.420
 But you, are you going to be different?

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:45.559
 Are you going to remember the word of God?

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:47.119
 Are you going to remember the predictions

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:50.460
 of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ?

00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:52.480
 They said to you,

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:54.619
 in the last time there will be scoffers

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:57.799
 following their own ungodly passions.

00:41:57.800 --> 00:42:01.019
 So here he's challenging the people in us,

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:02.300
 he's challenging ourselves

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:04.820
 to remember these things,

00:42:05.660 --> 00:42:07.260
 to remember these warnings

00:42:07.260 --> 00:42:08.680
 that are come into our midst.

00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:12.120
 People speak about the last days

00:42:12.120 --> 00:42:14.519
 and if we're in the last days,

00:42:14.640 --> 00:42:16.240
 well here it's made clear for us

00:42:16.240 --> 00:42:17.980
 that even in Jude's day,

00:42:18.120 --> 00:42:19.700
 this was the last days.

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:23.680
 Because scoffers had come into their midst.

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:28.659
 And so in these days that we are living in today,

00:42:28.819 --> 00:42:31.239
 we are still seeing the same thing.

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:35.419
 Scoffers following their own ungodly passions.

00:42:36.299 --> 00:42:39.759
 And how do we keep going in the midst of this?

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:41.199
 How do we keep on?

00:42:41.279 --> 00:42:42.599
 How do we remain faithful?

00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:46.079
 We remember the predictions of the apostles

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:48.619
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:42:48.619 --> 00:42:52.880
 So as we see so much around us

00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:54.019
 that doesn't make sense,

00:42:54.359 --> 00:42:57.319
 as we see so much that is a going away from God,

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:58.900
 how do we respond?

00:43:00.339 --> 00:43:02.900
 Well there's certain kinds of reactions

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:03.980
 that we could have.

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:07.359
 Certain reactions that God's people in Jude's day,

00:43:07.779 --> 00:43:09.079
 in the day of our Lord Jesus,

00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:10.799
 in the days of the Old Testament,

00:43:11.319 --> 00:43:12.359
 that they would have had.

00:43:12.859 --> 00:43:14.859
 Reactions such as discouragement.

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:17.280
 It can be so discouraging

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:19.400
 when we see all of these things.

00:43:20.220 --> 00:43:21.599
 Worry can come in.

00:43:21.680 --> 00:43:23.280
 Where is our world going?

00:43:23.620 --> 00:43:25.260
 What direction are we going in?

00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:28.700
 And it's natural for us to feel these things.

00:43:29.680 --> 00:43:33.000
 Anger is a reaction we could have as well.

00:43:33.780 --> 00:43:35.360
 All of these things are reactions

00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:36.539
 that we could go through.

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:38.519
 But Jude directs us here

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:40.480
 in what our reaction should be.

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:44.240
 to remember the predictions

00:43:44.240 --> 00:43:47.960
 of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:43:48.740 --> 00:43:50.139
 Because that reminds us

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:53.240
 that nothing should take us by surprise.

00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:57.179
 Nothing happens unknown to God.

00:43:58.240 --> 00:43:59.880
 All you have to do is look back

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:02.559
 to the teaching of the Lord Jesus himself.

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:05.639
 How he predicted these days himself.

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:08.519
 In Matthew chapter 24,

00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:10.759
 Jesus gave these kinds of warnings

00:44:10.759 --> 00:44:12.279
 to his disciples

00:44:12.279 --> 00:44:14.279
 before his death and resurrection

00:44:14.279 --> 00:44:15.799
 and his ascension.

00:44:16.460 --> 00:44:17.759
 What did he say to them?

00:44:18.779 --> 00:44:20.739
 Matthew 24 verse 11,

00:44:21.319 --> 00:44:22.799
 Jesus tells his disciples,

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:24.339
 and many false prophets

00:44:24.339 --> 00:44:27.379
 will arise and lead many astray.

00:44:28.339 --> 00:44:30.699
 This is what's going to happen.

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:32.179
 This is the predictions

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:34.359
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 This is the prediction

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:37.220
 of the apostles.

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:41.180
 Paul in the book of Acts chapter 20,

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:42.480
 verse 29, he says,

00:44:42.620 --> 00:44:45.220
 I know that after my departure,

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:48.160
 fierce wolves will come in among you,

00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:50.559
 not sparing the flock.

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:52.000
 And he warns them

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:54.320
 that even from among your own selves

00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:58.880
 will arise men speaking twisted things

00:44:58.880 --> 00:45:03.700
 to draw away the disciples after them.

00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:05.920
 So what's he saying here?

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.460
 He's saying,

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:08.220
 remember the predictions

00:45:08.220 --> 00:45:11.660
 of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:45:11.740 --> 00:45:12.780
 They have told us

00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:15.220
 that these things will happen.

00:45:15.940 --> 00:45:17.640
 And so as we hear that they will happen,

00:45:17.740 --> 00:45:19.700
 we are to be on our guard.

00:45:20.220 --> 00:45:21.680
 To be on our guard,

00:45:22.160 --> 00:45:23.860
 ready against them.

00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:26.099
 Jude is telling us

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:28.579
 not to be discouraged,

00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:30.880
 not to be dismayed at all of this.

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:32.960
 This is part of the outworking

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:34.579
 of the last days.

00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:38.280
 We may expect things to go

00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:39.900
 from strength to strength

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:41.119
 for the cause of God.

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:43.599
 We may expect blessing after blessing.

00:45:43.740 --> 00:45:45.260
 We pray for it.

00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:48.180
 But it's not always the case.

00:45:49.019 --> 00:45:50.000
 There are challenges.

00:45:50.220 --> 00:45:51.300
 There are persecutions.

00:45:51.619 --> 00:45:53.880
 There are trials of all different kinds.

00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:57.480
 Even when we have faith.

00:45:59.140 --> 00:46:01.119
 It's a bit like getting a medicine.

00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:02.760
 Taking a tablet.

00:46:03.200 --> 00:46:03.920
 And on the tablet,

00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:04.700
 it will tell you

00:46:04.700 --> 00:46:06.619
 what you're to take this tablet for.

00:46:06.860 --> 00:46:08.360
 It's going to help you

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:10.240
 with a certain kind of illness

00:46:10.240 --> 00:46:11.619
 that you have.

00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:14.559
 But if you don't read the tablet,

00:46:14.740 --> 00:46:16.039
 if you don't read the instructions,

00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:17.660
 you might start to feel

00:46:17.660 --> 00:46:19.640
 even more unwell for a time.

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:21.920
 You might start to feel unwell

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:23.059
 in a different way

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:24.000
 for a time.

00:46:24.059 --> 00:46:24.500
 And you're thinking,

00:46:24.940 --> 00:46:26.159
 this isn't right.

00:46:26.319 --> 00:46:27.299
 This shouldn't be.

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:29.679
 This tablet is meant to help me.

00:46:30.759 --> 00:46:32.219
 But with so much medication,

00:46:32.339 --> 00:46:33.159
 it tells you

00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:34.839
 that there are side effects.

00:46:36.299 --> 00:46:37.679
 And if you don't read them,

00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:38.259
 you don't know

00:46:38.259 --> 00:46:39.219
 that they're going to come.

00:46:39.379 --> 00:46:40.920
 And it can catch you off guard.

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:42.119
 But if you've read them,

00:46:42.440 --> 00:46:43.579
 you'll know that they'll come

00:46:43.579 --> 00:46:44.579
 at some point.

00:46:44.579 --> 00:46:47.699
 And it won't catch you off guard.

00:46:47.699 --> 00:46:49.599
 And so,

00:46:49.739 --> 00:46:50.799
 Jude is saying here,

00:46:50.899 --> 00:46:51.639
 just like that,

00:46:52.019 --> 00:46:53.259
 although you have blessings

00:46:53.259 --> 00:46:55.079
 in Christ Jesus,

00:46:55.739 --> 00:46:57.119
 remember that there are those

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:57.960
 who will come,

00:46:58.399 --> 00:47:00.119
 scoffers following their own

00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:01.599
 ungodly passions.

00:47:01.879 --> 00:47:03.199
 There are those who will seek

00:47:03.199 --> 00:47:04.759
 to lead people astray.

00:47:05.879 --> 00:47:07.759
 And as you remember these things,

00:47:08.039 --> 00:47:10.419
 then you are prepared for them.

00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:15.099
 Paul's charge to Timothy,

00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:19.280
 to his young friend Timothy,

00:47:19.420 --> 00:47:21.039
 was to remain faithful

00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:23.579
 to the Word of God.

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:26.139
 Because he warned them,

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:28.800
 holding faith and a good conscience.

00:47:29.139 --> 00:47:30.780
 Because by rejecting this,

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:33.099
 some have made a shipwreck

00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:34.619
 of their faith.

00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:37.179
 Some who have forgotten

00:47:37.179 --> 00:47:39.139
 the predictions of the apostles.

00:47:39.400 --> 00:47:40.519
 Some who have forgotten

00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:42.000
 what God's Word says.

00:47:42.119 --> 00:47:43.519
 Some who have not been prepared

00:47:43.519 --> 00:47:44.699
 for the attacks

00:47:44.699 --> 00:47:45.779
 that have come their way.

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:47.519
 They've made a shipwreck

00:47:47.519 --> 00:47:49.519
 of their faith.

00:47:51.319 --> 00:47:52.980
 And how easy it is for us

00:47:52.980 --> 00:47:54.579
 to lose heart,

00:47:55.239 --> 00:47:55.619
 not remembering

00:47:56.159 --> 00:47:58.699
 what the Word of God says.

00:47:58.699 --> 00:47:59.380
 And in that,

00:47:59.460 --> 00:48:00.279
 we can end up

00:48:00.279 --> 00:48:01.579
 in a shipwreck

00:48:01.579 --> 00:48:03.159
 or a car crash

00:48:03.159 --> 00:48:05.159
 of our own faith too.

00:48:06.139 --> 00:48:07.739
 In the early 90s,

00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:10.420
 going back about 30 years now,

00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:11.900
 there was a commercial,

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:13.179
 an advert on the telly

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:16.420
 for two different kinds of cars.

00:48:17.980 --> 00:48:19.860
 And the advert began

00:48:19.860 --> 00:48:21.039
 with a car heading

00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:22.819
 towards this wall.

00:48:24.199 --> 00:48:25.579
 And the brakes being applied,

00:48:25.579 --> 00:48:26.819
 but the car crashes

00:48:26.819 --> 00:48:27.920
 into the wall

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:29.500
 and it's a wreck.

00:48:29.500 --> 00:48:31.000
 But yet,

00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:31.840
 because of the way

00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:33.639
 the car has been designed,

00:48:34.059 --> 00:48:34.840
 the people inside

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:36.000
 are kept safe

00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:37.579
 by airbags

00:48:37.579 --> 00:48:38.860
 and the strength

00:48:38.860 --> 00:48:39.719
 of the structure

00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:40.579
 around them.

00:48:42.380 --> 00:48:42.920
 I think that's

00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:43.920
 quite impressive.

00:48:45.639 --> 00:48:46.179
 But then,

00:48:46.320 --> 00:48:47.199
 there was another car

00:48:47.199 --> 00:48:47.559
 showing

00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:49.119
 in the same kind of situation,

00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:50.239
 heading for the wall.

00:48:50.699 --> 00:48:51.500
 But when the person

00:48:51.500 --> 00:48:52.500
 applies the brakes,

00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:54.019
 the brakes are so good

00:48:54.019 --> 00:48:55.920
 that before the car crashes,

00:48:56.059 --> 00:48:57.599
 it comes to a stop.

00:48:57.599 --> 00:49:00.019
 And at this point,

00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:01.579
 the man speaking

00:49:01.579 --> 00:49:03.000
 in the advert cuts in

00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:04.719
 and he says,

00:49:05.699 --> 00:49:06.799
 cuts in to ask,

00:49:06.860 --> 00:49:07.679
 would you prefer

00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:09.779
 to live through wrecks

00:49:09.779 --> 00:49:12.259
 or not get in wrecks

00:49:12.259 --> 00:49:13.819
 in the first place?

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:17.279
 And that's what God's Word

00:49:17.279 --> 00:49:19.139
 is so often doing for us.

00:49:19.799 --> 00:49:21.019
 It's helping us

00:49:21.019 --> 00:49:22.500
 that we don't end up

00:49:22.500 --> 00:49:23.579
 in this shipwreck,

00:49:23.799 --> 00:49:25.079
 in this car crash

00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:26.219
 of our faith

00:49:26.219 --> 00:49:27.679
 because we're forgetting

00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:28.579
 the things

00:49:28.579 --> 00:49:30.819
 that God has told us.

00:49:32.159 --> 00:49:32.639
 And so,

00:49:32.799 --> 00:49:33.880
 we are told here,

00:49:34.019 --> 00:49:34.679
 but you

00:49:34.679 --> 00:49:36.159
 must remember,

00:49:36.319 --> 00:49:36.719
 beloved,

00:49:37.239 --> 00:49:37.960
 the predictions

00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:39.099
 of the apostles

00:49:39.099 --> 00:49:41.500
 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

00:49:41.579 --> 00:49:42.719
 that these scoffers,

00:49:43.139 --> 00:49:43.799
 these people

00:49:43.799 --> 00:49:44.420
 who will seek

00:49:44.420 --> 00:49:45.519
 to lead us astray,

00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:47.179
 they will come in.

00:49:47.659 --> 00:49:48.400
 But he's saying,

00:49:48.519 --> 00:49:49.659
 you keep on.

00:49:50.380 --> 00:49:51.179
 Keep on

00:49:51.179 --> 00:49:52.019
 by remembering

00:49:52.019 --> 00:49:54.460
 the Word of God.

00:49:55.639 --> 00:49:56.679
 And then he goes on

00:49:56.679 --> 00:49:57.780
 secondly to say

00:49:57.780 --> 00:49:58.340
 to them here,

00:49:58.460 --> 00:49:59.579
 but you, beloved,

00:50:00.259 --> 00:50:01.079
 so there's more

00:50:01.079 --> 00:50:02.440
 to come here as well.

00:50:03.259 --> 00:50:03.960
 It's not just

00:50:03.960 --> 00:50:05.059
 remembering

00:50:05.059 --> 00:50:06.300
 and holding on to that,

00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:07.599
 but now he's saying,

00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:08.259
 beloved,

00:50:08.539 --> 00:50:10.320
 build yourselves up

00:50:10.320 --> 00:50:11.019
 in your most

00:50:11.019 --> 00:50:12.159
 holy faith.

00:50:12.619 --> 00:50:12.960
 Pray

00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:14.380
 in the Holy Spirit.

00:50:14.619 --> 00:50:15.679
 Keep yourselves

00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:17.219
 in the love of God,

00:50:17.420 --> 00:50:17.840
 waiting

00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:18.880
 for the mercy

00:50:18.880 --> 00:50:20.800
 of our Lord Jesus Christ

00:50:20.800 --> 00:50:21.860
 that leads

00:50:21.860 --> 00:50:23.220
 to eternal

00:50:23.220 --> 00:50:24.400
 life.

00:50:25.640 --> 00:50:25.980
 So,

00:50:26.060 --> 00:50:26.940
 here we are again,

00:50:27.420 --> 00:50:28.519
 but you.

00:50:29.539 --> 00:50:30.519
 And we ask ourselves

00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:30.900
 again,

00:50:31.380 --> 00:50:32.580
 is this what you

00:50:32.580 --> 00:50:33.519
 are like?

00:50:33.880 --> 00:50:34.940
 Is this the side

00:50:34.940 --> 00:50:36.660
 that you come down on?

00:50:37.740 --> 00:50:38.580
 You have heard

00:50:38.580 --> 00:50:39.640
 the phrase,

00:50:39.940 --> 00:50:40.840
 the best form

00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:42.160
 of defense

00:50:42.160 --> 00:50:43.440
 is attack.

00:50:44.600 --> 00:50:44.920
 And so,

00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:45.920
 Jude is here

00:50:45.920 --> 00:50:46.300
 saying,

00:50:46.560 --> 00:50:47.660
 not just to defend

00:50:47.660 --> 00:50:48.140
 ourselves

00:50:48.140 --> 00:50:49.000
 by remembering

00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:50.100
 the predictions,

00:50:50.099 --> 00:50:51.420
 but to go

00:50:51.420 --> 00:50:52.259
 on the offensive

00:50:52.259 --> 00:50:53.380
 here as well,

00:50:53.799 --> 00:50:55.199
 to build yourselves

00:50:55.199 --> 00:50:56.099
 up in your

00:50:56.099 --> 00:50:57.400
 most holy faith,

00:50:57.759 --> 00:50:59.000
 to do this

00:50:59.000 --> 00:51:00.460
 as we all must,

00:51:01.259 --> 00:51:02.360
 to build ourselves

00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:03.219
 up in the holy faith,

00:51:03.380 --> 00:51:04.880
 praying in the Holy Spirit,

00:51:05.420 --> 00:51:06.319
 keeping yourself

00:51:06.319 --> 00:51:07.440
 in the love of God.

00:51:07.839 --> 00:51:08.219
 And so,

00:51:08.319 --> 00:51:09.039
 it goes on.

00:51:09.619 --> 00:51:09.799
 So,

00:51:10.219 --> 00:51:10.940
 Jude is giving

00:51:10.940 --> 00:51:12.259
 this direction

00:51:12.259 --> 00:51:12.900
 to us

00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:13.920
 for growth,

00:51:14.679 --> 00:51:15.960
 building ourselves

00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:16.980
 up in the faith,

00:51:17.059 --> 00:51:18.339
 the building blocks

00:51:18.340 --> 00:51:20.059
 of our faith,

00:51:20.100 --> 00:51:20.860
 the things

00:51:20.860 --> 00:51:21.860
 that we are

00:51:21.860 --> 00:51:22.460
 to put

00:51:22.460 --> 00:51:24.220
 into practice.

00:51:26.039 --> 00:51:27.460
 And it boils down

00:51:27.460 --> 00:51:29.660
 to these four things,

00:51:30.500 --> 00:51:31.660
 four basics

00:51:31.660 --> 00:51:33.720
 of the Christian faith,

00:51:34.300 --> 00:51:35.019
 but you

00:51:35.019 --> 00:51:36.380
 must do this.

00:51:36.600 --> 00:51:37.740
 Build yourselves

00:51:37.740 --> 00:51:38.340
 up

00:51:38.340 --> 00:51:39.680
 in your most

00:51:39.680 --> 00:51:41.480
 holy faith.

00:51:41.480 --> 00:51:41.519
 faith.

00:51:42.440 --> 00:51:43.340
 Be devoted

00:51:43.340 --> 00:51:44.860
 to the Word

00:51:44.860 --> 00:51:46.000
 of God.

00:51:46.800 --> 00:51:47.199
 Believe

00:51:47.199 --> 00:51:48.480
 the Word

00:51:48.480 --> 00:51:49.000
 of God.

00:51:49.199 --> 00:51:50.300
 Hold fast

00:51:50.300 --> 00:51:51.639
 the Word

00:51:51.639 --> 00:51:52.900
 of God.

00:51:53.539 --> 00:51:54.519
 Just like he was saying

00:51:54.519 --> 00:51:55.300
 to remember

00:51:55.300 --> 00:51:56.019
 the predictions

00:51:56.019 --> 00:51:56.880
 of the apostles

00:51:56.880 --> 00:51:57.880
 that scoffers

00:51:57.880 --> 00:51:58.500
 would come,

00:51:58.900 --> 00:51:59.659
 we add to this

00:51:59.659 --> 00:52:00.800
 everything else

00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:01.800
 that the Word

00:52:01.800 --> 00:52:02.400
 of God

00:52:02.400 --> 00:52:03.119
 sees.

00:52:04.360 --> 00:52:05.320
 Everything else

00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:05.900
 that the Word

00:52:05.900 --> 00:52:06.420
 of God

00:52:06.420 --> 00:52:07.480
 teaches us,

00:52:08.059 --> 00:52:08.740
 that we are

00:52:08.740 --> 00:52:09.199
 sinners,

00:52:09.199 --> 00:52:10.419
 that we have

00:52:10.419 --> 00:52:11.279
 fallen short

00:52:11.279 --> 00:52:11.899
 of the glory

00:52:11.899 --> 00:52:12.439
 of God,

00:52:12.619 --> 00:52:13.359
 but that Jesus

00:52:13.359 --> 00:52:14.839
 came to save

00:52:14.839 --> 00:52:15.879
 us from

00:52:15.879 --> 00:52:16.919
 our sin.

00:52:17.859 --> 00:52:18.419
 And that through

00:52:18.419 --> 00:52:19.679
 faith and repentance

00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:21.019
 we have this

00:52:21.019 --> 00:52:22.139
 hope of

00:52:22.139 --> 00:52:23.319
 eternal life.

00:52:24.359 --> 00:52:25.039
 Be devoted

00:52:25.039 --> 00:52:26.299
 to the Word

00:52:26.299 --> 00:52:27.299
 of God

00:52:27.299 --> 00:52:28.759
 to make it

00:52:28.759 --> 00:52:29.359
 your daily

00:52:29.359 --> 00:52:30.039
 portion

00:52:30.039 --> 00:52:31.579
 day by day,

00:52:32.099 --> 00:52:33.159
 not to neglect

00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:34.159
 what this

00:52:34.159 --> 00:52:35.179
 Word of God

00:52:35.179 --> 00:52:35.859
 is saying,

00:52:36.299 --> 00:52:37.179
 not to see it

00:52:37.179 --> 00:52:37.779
 as a letter

00:52:37.779 --> 00:52:38.379
 that can just

00:52:38.380 --> 00:52:39.579
 be put away

00:52:39.579 --> 00:52:40.320
 and forgotten

00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:41.000
 about and

00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:41.539
 ignored,

00:52:42.119 --> 00:52:42.599
 but that this

00:52:42.599 --> 00:52:43.220
 is God

00:52:43.220 --> 00:52:43.700
 himself,

00:52:43.860 --> 00:52:44.380
 our Lord

00:52:44.380 --> 00:52:44.980
 and King

00:52:44.980 --> 00:52:46.400
 speaking to

00:52:46.400 --> 00:52:46.820
 us.

00:52:47.079 --> 00:52:47.519
 And he's

00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:47.700
 saying,

00:52:47.940 --> 00:52:48.940
 build yourselves

00:52:48.940 --> 00:52:50.059
 up in your

00:52:50.059 --> 00:52:50.820
 most holy

00:52:50.820 --> 00:52:51.380
 faith.

00:52:54.119 --> 00:52:54.579
 And then he

00:52:54.579 --> 00:52:55.460
 says as well,

00:52:56.460 --> 00:52:57.780
 pray in the

00:52:57.780 --> 00:52:59.039
 Holy Spirit.

00:53:00.320 --> 00:53:00.860
 Again,

00:53:01.140 --> 00:53:02.400
 it's a part

00:53:02.400 --> 00:53:03.240
 of our lives

00:53:03.240 --> 00:53:03.740
 that we must

00:53:03.740 --> 00:53:04.820
 never neglect,

00:53:05.880 --> 00:53:06.980
 reminding ourselves

00:53:06.980 --> 00:53:07.780
 how dependent

00:53:07.780 --> 00:53:09.000
 we are on

00:53:09.000 --> 00:53:09.699
 God as we

00:53:09.699 --> 00:53:10.240
 seek to

00:53:10.240 --> 00:53:10.800
 persevere.

00:53:10.920 --> 00:53:11.139
 We are

00:53:11.139 --> 00:53:12.579
 dependent on

00:53:12.579 --> 00:53:13.539
 him to

00:53:13.539 --> 00:53:14.179
 persevere,

00:53:14.300 --> 00:53:14.679
 to keep

00:53:14.679 --> 00:53:15.039
 going.

00:53:15.480 --> 00:53:16.719
 Pray in

00:53:16.719 --> 00:53:17.320
 the Holy

00:53:17.320 --> 00:53:18.000
 Spirit.

00:53:19.320 --> 00:53:20.219
 Pray in

00:53:20.219 --> 00:53:20.880
 the one who

00:53:20.880 --> 00:53:21.460
 is called

00:53:21.460 --> 00:53:22.519
 alongside us,

00:53:22.860 --> 00:53:23.880
 the one who

00:53:23.880 --> 00:53:24.820
 Jesus promised

00:53:24.820 --> 00:53:25.579
 would come

00:53:25.579 --> 00:53:26.519
 and be our

00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:27.280
 comforter.

00:53:27.880 --> 00:53:28.559
 Be the one

00:53:28.559 --> 00:53:29.519
 called alongside

00:53:29.519 --> 00:53:30.599
 us to help

00:53:30.599 --> 00:53:31.719
 us and to

00:53:31.719 --> 00:53:32.820
 remind us that

00:53:32.820 --> 00:53:33.559
 he is with

00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:34.000
 us.

00:53:35.059 --> 00:53:35.719
 And so we

00:53:35.719 --> 00:53:37.320
 pray in

00:53:37.320 --> 00:53:38.059
 his name.

00:53:39.840 --> 00:53:40.480
 And then he

00:53:40.480 --> 00:53:41.299
 speaks about

00:53:41.299 --> 00:53:42.980
 our experience.

00:53:43.360 --> 00:53:43.719
 Keep

00:53:43.719 --> 00:53:45.420
 yourselves in

00:53:45.420 --> 00:53:46.039
 the love

00:53:46.039 --> 00:53:47.299
 of God.

00:53:48.440 --> 00:53:49.320
 It's not

00:53:49.320 --> 00:53:49.880
 just about

00:53:49.880 --> 00:53:50.840
 reminding

00:53:50.840 --> 00:53:51.779
 ourselves that

00:53:51.779 --> 00:53:52.759
 we love

00:53:52.759 --> 00:53:53.360
 God and

00:53:53.360 --> 00:53:54.199
 leaving it

00:53:54.199 --> 00:53:54.659
 at that,

00:53:54.719 --> 00:53:55.099
 but it's

00:53:55.099 --> 00:53:55.799
 living in

00:53:55.799 --> 00:53:56.320
 the knowledge

00:53:56.320 --> 00:53:57.019
 of God's

00:53:57.019 --> 00:53:57.840
 love for

00:53:57.840 --> 00:53:59.179
 us and

00:53:59.179 --> 00:53:59.599
 how that

00:53:59.599 --> 00:54:01.039
 affects all

00:54:01.039 --> 00:54:01.420
 that we

00:54:01.420 --> 00:54:01.739
 do.

00:54:01.739 --> 00:54:03.159
 Because to

00:54:03.159 --> 00:54:04.099
 feel unloved

00:54:04.099 --> 00:54:04.679
 by God

00:54:04.679 --> 00:54:06.059
 paralyzes us.

00:54:06.419 --> 00:54:07.339
 To feel a

00:54:07.339 --> 00:54:08.259
 failure before

00:54:08.259 --> 00:54:08.899
 God as we

00:54:08.899 --> 00:54:09.519
 so often

00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:10.899
 do, it

00:54:10.899 --> 00:54:11.859
 paralyzes us

00:54:11.859 --> 00:54:12.279
 and our

00:54:12.279 --> 00:54:13.099
 service is

00:54:13.099 --> 00:54:13.599
 hindered.

00:54:14.699 --> 00:54:15.299
 But here

00:54:15.299 --> 00:54:16.099
 he says,

00:54:16.379 --> 00:54:16.699
 keep

00:54:16.699 --> 00:54:17.459
 yourselves

00:54:17.459 --> 00:54:19.000
 in the

00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:20.099
 love of

00:54:20.099 --> 00:54:20.539
 God.

00:54:21.779 --> 00:54:22.000
 And

00:54:22.000 --> 00:54:22.699
 especially as

00:54:22.699 --> 00:54:23.359
 we think of

00:54:23.359 --> 00:54:24.619
 everything else

00:54:24.619 --> 00:54:25.319
 that seeks to

00:54:25.319 --> 00:54:26.299
 pull us back

00:54:26.299 --> 00:54:27.199
 into the

00:54:27.199 --> 00:54:27.539
 world.

00:54:27.639 --> 00:54:27.899
 If we

00:54:27.899 --> 00:54:28.179
 think,

00:54:28.679 --> 00:54:29.079
 there's no

00:54:29.079 --> 00:54:30.339
 way God

00:54:30.339 --> 00:54:31.039
 can love

00:54:31.039 --> 00:54:31.399
 me.

00:54:32.439 --> 00:54:32.779
 And the

00:54:32.779 --> 00:54:33.179
 things of

00:54:33.179 --> 00:54:33.619
 this world

00:54:33.619 --> 00:54:33.919
 we think,

00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:34.219
 well, we

00:54:34.219 --> 00:54:34.599
 might as

00:54:34.599 --> 00:54:34.979
 well just

00:54:34.979 --> 00:54:35.679
 go back.

00:54:36.859 --> 00:54:37.279
 But he's

00:54:37.279 --> 00:54:37.799
 saying here,

00:54:38.219 --> 00:54:39.279
 keep yourselves

00:54:39.279 --> 00:54:40.199
 in the

00:54:40.199 --> 00:54:40.659
 love of

00:54:40.659 --> 00:54:41.059
 God.

00:54:41.899 --> 00:54:42.339
 Remind

00:54:42.339 --> 00:54:42.779
 yourself,

00:54:43.179 --> 00:54:43.459
 what does

00:54:43.459 --> 00:54:44.179
 any false

00:54:44.179 --> 00:54:45.119
 teacher have

00:54:45.119 --> 00:54:45.959
 to offer

00:54:45.959 --> 00:54:46.459
 me that

00:54:46.459 --> 00:54:47.819
 compares to

00:54:47.819 --> 00:54:48.359
 the love

00:54:48.359 --> 00:54:49.119
 of God?

00:54:50.119 --> 00:54:50.579
 There is

00:54:50.579 --> 00:54:51.699
 nothing that

00:54:51.699 --> 00:54:52.379
 this world

00:54:52.379 --> 00:54:53.259
 can give

00:54:53.259 --> 00:54:53.559
 me that

00:54:53.559 --> 00:54:54.339
 will improve

00:54:54.339 --> 00:54:55.079
 my life

00:54:55.079 --> 00:54:56.319
 compared to

00:54:56.319 --> 00:54:57.419
 knowing the

00:54:57.419 --> 00:54:58.539
 love of

00:54:58.539 --> 00:54:58.979
 God.

00:54:59.479 --> 00:55:00.179
 The love

00:55:00.179 --> 00:55:00.759
 of God

00:55:00.759 --> 00:55:01.359
 that gave

00:55:01.359 --> 00:55:02.019
 his own

00:55:02.019 --> 00:55:03.299
 son for

00:55:03.299 --> 00:55:03.919
 our sins.

00:55:04.539 --> 00:55:05.179
 The love

00:55:05.179 --> 00:55:05.799
 of God

00:55:05.799 --> 00:55:06.219
 that is

00:55:06.219 --> 00:55:07.079
 able to

00:55:07.079 --> 00:55:07.960
 preserve us

00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:08.259
 and to

00:55:08.259 --> 00:55:08.739
 keep us

00:55:08.739 --> 00:55:09.699
 on in

00:55:09.699 --> 00:55:10.419
 this world.

00:55:11.119 --> 00:55:11.480
 A love

00:55:11.480 --> 00:55:12.059
 of God

00:55:12.059 --> 00:55:12.719
 that's not

00:55:12.719 --> 00:55:13.659
 dependent on

00:55:13.659 --> 00:55:14.859
 our perfectly

00:55:14.859 --> 00:55:15.659
 loving him

00:55:15.659 --> 00:55:16.519
 because we

00:55:16.519 --> 00:55:17.099
 so often

00:55:17.099 --> 00:55:17.779
 don't.

00:55:18.659 --> 00:55:19.399
 But remembering

00:55:19.399 --> 00:55:20.299
 the steadfast

00:55:20.299 --> 00:55:21.399
 love of

00:55:21.399 --> 00:55:21.960
 God that

00:55:21.960 --> 00:55:23.019
 never changes.

00:55:23.759 --> 00:55:24.500
 His love

00:55:24.500 --> 00:55:25.639
 love towards

00:55:25.639 --> 00:55:26.320
 us.

00:55:27.760 --> 00:55:28.519
 That we

00:55:28.519 --> 00:55:29.420
 have been

00:55:29.420 --> 00:55:29.920
 made a

00:55:29.920 --> 00:55:30.579
 son and

00:55:30.579 --> 00:55:31.659
 daughter of

00:55:31.659 --> 00:55:32.159
 the Most

00:55:32.159 --> 00:55:32.659
 High.

00:55:33.579 --> 00:55:34.199
 That we

00:55:34.199 --> 00:55:34.500
 have been

00:55:34.500 --> 00:55:35.860
 brought into

00:55:35.860 --> 00:55:36.840
 his family.

00:55:37.320 --> 00:55:37.840
 That we

00:55:37.840 --> 00:55:38.539
 are precious

00:55:38.539 --> 00:55:39.840
 to him

00:55:39.840 --> 00:55:40.599
 keeping

00:55:40.599 --> 00:55:41.320
 ourselves

00:55:41.320 --> 00:55:42.340
 in the

00:55:42.340 --> 00:55:43.579
 love of

00:55:43.579 --> 00:55:44.039
 God.

00:55:45.000 --> 00:55:45.599
 And then he

00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:46.360
 says too,

00:55:46.820 --> 00:55:47.460
 waiting for

00:55:47.460 --> 00:55:47.960
 the mercy

00:55:47.960 --> 00:55:48.380
 of our

00:55:48.380 --> 00:55:49.059
 Lord Jesus

00:55:49.059 --> 00:55:50.460
 Christ that

00:55:50.460 --> 00:55:51.440
 leads to

00:55:51.440 --> 00:55:52.599
 eternal life.

00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:53.639
 Again, that

00:55:53.639 --> 00:55:54.400
 ties into

00:55:54.400 --> 00:55:55.119
 how Jude is

00:55:55.119 --> 00:55:55.960
 speaking about

00:55:55.960 --> 00:55:57.980
 in these

00:55:57.980 --> 00:55:59.599
 last times.

00:56:00.239 --> 00:56:01.019
 When everything

00:56:01.019 --> 00:56:01.860
 seems to be

00:56:01.860 --> 00:56:02.839
 descending into

00:56:02.839 --> 00:56:04.219
 chaos, when

00:56:04.219 --> 00:56:04.920
 everything seems

00:56:04.920 --> 00:56:05.319
 to be going

00:56:05.319 --> 00:56:06.420
 away from

00:56:06.420 --> 00:56:07.259
 the glory of

00:56:07.259 --> 00:56:08.299
 God, we

00:56:08.299 --> 00:56:09.420
 remind ourselves

00:56:09.420 --> 00:56:10.139
 of this.

00:56:10.539 --> 00:56:10.799
 We are

00:56:10.799 --> 00:56:11.440
 waiting for

00:56:11.440 --> 00:56:12.039
 the mercy

00:56:12.039 --> 00:56:12.920
 of our

00:56:12.920 --> 00:56:13.599
 Lord Jesus

00:56:13.599 --> 00:56:14.319
 Christ.

00:56:14.759 --> 00:56:15.460
 That he

00:56:15.460 --> 00:56:16.519
 is coming.

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:17.940
 And that he

00:56:17.940 --> 00:56:18.799
 will restore

00:56:18.799 --> 00:56:20.079
 all things

00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:21.019
 for his

00:56:21.019 --> 00:56:21.500
 people.

00:56:21.500 --> 00:56:22.739
 a people

00:56:22.739 --> 00:56:23.139
 who are

00:56:23.139 --> 00:56:24.039
 led to

00:56:24.039 --> 00:56:24.579
 eternal

00:56:24.579 --> 00:56:25.900
 life through

00:56:25.900 --> 00:56:26.579
 faith in

00:56:26.579 --> 00:56:26.780
 him.

00:56:27.139 --> 00:56:27.780
 And as we

00:56:27.780 --> 00:56:28.780
 hold on to

00:56:28.780 --> 00:56:29.420
 these things,

00:56:29.559 --> 00:56:30.440
 build ourselves

00:56:30.440 --> 00:56:31.440
 up in

00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:32.179
 these things,

00:56:32.300 --> 00:56:32.960
 it reminds

00:56:32.960 --> 00:56:33.719
 us to

00:56:33.719 --> 00:56:35.179
 have mercy,

00:56:35.340 --> 00:56:35.579
 as he

00:56:35.579 --> 00:56:36.119
 says, on

00:56:36.119 --> 00:56:36.639
 those who

00:56:36.639 --> 00:56:36.980
 doubt.

00:56:37.599 --> 00:56:38.260
 To save

00:56:38.260 --> 00:56:38.940
 others by

00:56:38.940 --> 00:56:39.500
 snatching

00:56:39.500 --> 00:56:40.340
 them out

00:56:40.340 --> 00:56:40.659
 of the

00:56:40.659 --> 00:56:41.059
 fire.

00:56:41.840 --> 00:56:43.659
 To others

00:56:43.659 --> 00:56:44.480
 show mercy

00:56:44.480 --> 00:56:45.280
 with fear,

00:56:45.699 --> 00:56:46.360
 hating even

00:56:46.360 --> 00:56:47.000
 the garments

00:56:47.000 --> 00:56:47.679
 stained by

00:56:47.679 --> 00:56:48.400
 the flesh.

00:56:49.019 --> 00:56:49.579
 The more

00:56:49.579 --> 00:56:50.199
 we see

00:56:50.199 --> 00:56:50.900
 the love

00:56:50.900 --> 00:56:51.420
 of God,

00:56:51.480 --> 00:56:51.800
 the more

00:56:51.800 --> 00:56:52.500
 we see

00:56:52.500 --> 00:56:53.340
 the fact

00:56:53.340 --> 00:56:53.700
 that he

00:56:53.700 --> 00:56:54.360
 is coming

00:56:54.360 --> 00:56:55.079
 and that

00:56:55.079 --> 00:56:55.280
 there is

00:56:55.280 --> 00:56:55.760
 eternal

00:56:55.760 --> 00:56:56.440
 life for

00:56:56.440 --> 00:56:56.940
 those who

00:56:56.940 --> 00:56:57.440
 believe,

00:56:57.780 --> 00:56:58.300
 we also

00:56:58.300 --> 00:56:58.760
 see that

00:56:58.760 --> 00:56:59.039
 there are

00:56:59.039 --> 00:56:59.660
 people who

00:56:59.660 --> 00:57:00.440
 are perishing.

00:57:01.440 --> 00:57:02.320
 Perishing in

00:57:02.320 --> 00:57:03.019
 their ignorance

00:57:03.019 --> 00:57:03.960
 as he speaks

00:57:03.960 --> 00:57:05.220
 and describes

00:57:05.220 --> 00:57:05.940
 them off in

00:57:05.940 --> 00:57:06.420
 the earlier

00:57:06.420 --> 00:57:06.860
 verses.

00:57:07.320 --> 00:57:08.039
 So much of

00:57:08.039 --> 00:57:08.480
 what they

00:57:08.480 --> 00:57:09.000
 are doing

00:57:09.000 --> 00:57:10.160
 is out of

00:57:10.160 --> 00:57:10.740
 ignorance.

00:57:12.840 --> 00:57:13.559
 And so

00:57:13.559 --> 00:57:14.619
 he reminds

00:57:14.619 --> 00:57:15.260
 us here

00:57:15.260 --> 00:57:15.619
 that we

00:57:15.619 --> 00:57:15.920
 are a

00:57:15.920 --> 00:57:16.900
 people who,

00:57:17.059 --> 00:57:17.740
 as we know

00:57:17.739 --> 00:57:18.239
 the love

00:57:18.239 --> 00:57:18.859
 of God,

00:57:19.119 --> 00:57:19.519
 are to

00:57:19.519 --> 00:57:20.139
 share

00:57:20.139 --> 00:57:21.319
 that love

00:57:21.319 --> 00:57:22.199
 of God

00:57:22.199 --> 00:57:22.899
 as well.

00:57:23.679 --> 00:57:24.279
 Build

00:57:24.279 --> 00:57:25.439
 yourselves

00:57:25.439 --> 00:57:26.199
 up,

00:57:26.299 --> 00:57:26.939
 he says.

00:57:28.379 --> 00:57:28.879
 When you

00:57:28.879 --> 00:57:30.039
 see young

00:57:30.039 --> 00:57:30.479
 children,

00:57:30.579 --> 00:57:30.779
 whether it's

00:57:30.779 --> 00:57:31.159
 your own

00:57:31.159 --> 00:57:31.819
 children or

00:57:31.819 --> 00:57:33.259
 maybe helping

00:57:33.259 --> 00:57:34.179
 in creche and

00:57:34.179 --> 00:57:34.659
 tweenies and

00:57:34.659 --> 00:57:35.199
 these things,

00:57:35.639 --> 00:57:36.099
 whenever you

00:57:36.099 --> 00:57:36.839
 see children,

00:57:36.979 --> 00:57:37.299
 they're so

00:57:37.299 --> 00:57:38.219
 often attracted

00:57:38.219 --> 00:57:39.679
 to building

00:57:39.679 --> 00:57:40.239
 blocks,

00:57:40.439 --> 00:57:40.919
 whether it's

00:57:40.919 --> 00:57:41.979
 Lego or

00:57:41.979 --> 00:57:42.439
 blocks,

00:57:42.500 --> 00:57:42.759
 they just

00:57:42.759 --> 00:57:43.759
 love to

00:57:43.759 --> 00:57:44.459
 build things.

00:57:44.539 --> 00:57:44.779
 And only

00:57:44.779 --> 00:57:45.399
 often is to

00:57:45.399 --> 00:57:45.859
 build as

00:57:45.860 --> 00:57:46.420
 high as

00:57:46.420 --> 00:57:47.120
 they can.

00:57:49.079 --> 00:57:49.400
 And well,

00:57:49.440 --> 00:57:50.180
 as children

00:57:50.180 --> 00:57:51.000
 of God,

00:57:51.320 --> 00:57:52.039
 we too are

00:57:52.039 --> 00:57:52.780
 deciding,

00:57:53.180 --> 00:57:53.579
 or should

00:57:53.579 --> 00:57:54.120
 decide,

00:57:54.460 --> 00:57:55.200
 to build

00:57:55.200 --> 00:57:56.220
 ourselves

00:57:56.220 --> 00:57:56.800
 to,

00:57:57.000 --> 00:57:57.880
 to build

00:57:57.880 --> 00:57:58.760
 ourselves

00:57:58.760 --> 00:58:00.160
 in our

00:58:00.160 --> 00:58:01.380
 most holy

00:58:01.380 --> 00:58:02.420
 faith,

00:58:02.519 --> 00:58:03.099
 putting all

00:58:03.099 --> 00:58:04.059
 these building

00:58:04.059 --> 00:58:05.160
 blocks together

00:58:05.160 --> 00:58:06.500
 to make

00:58:06.500 --> 00:58:07.079
 sure that

00:58:07.079 --> 00:58:08.140
 we are

00:58:08.140 --> 00:58:08.720
 doing our

00:58:08.720 --> 00:58:09.360
 part,

00:58:09.880 --> 00:58:10.740
 that our

00:58:10.740 --> 00:58:11.760
 love for

00:58:11.760 --> 00:58:12.360
 our Lord

00:58:12.360 --> 00:58:13.059
 is showing

00:58:13.059 --> 00:58:14.280
 itself in

00:58:14.280 --> 00:58:15.039
 all of

00:58:15.039 --> 00:58:15.980
 these ways.

00:58:16.739 --> 00:58:17.360
 A love

00:58:17.360 --> 00:58:17.860
 for the

00:58:17.860 --> 00:58:18.320
 word,

00:58:18.900 --> 00:58:19.460
 a love

00:58:19.460 --> 00:58:20.440
 for prayer,

00:58:21.840 --> 00:58:23.719
 keeping

00:58:23.719 --> 00:58:24.360
 yourselves

00:58:24.360 --> 00:58:25.300
 in the

00:58:25.300 --> 00:58:25.900
 love of

00:58:25.900 --> 00:58:26.119
 God,

00:58:26.219 --> 00:58:26.699
 reminding

00:58:26.699 --> 00:58:27.239
 ourselves

00:58:27.239 --> 00:58:27.779
 of that,

00:58:28.219 --> 00:58:28.619
 waiting

00:58:28.619 --> 00:58:29.360
 for the

00:58:29.360 --> 00:58:29.800
 mercy of

00:58:29.800 --> 00:58:30.239
 our Lord

00:58:30.239 --> 00:58:30.599
 Jesus

00:58:30.599 --> 00:58:31.300
 Christ,

00:58:31.820 --> 00:58:32.320
 and having

00:58:32.320 --> 00:58:33.039
 mercy on

00:58:33.039 --> 00:58:34.099
 those who

00:58:34.099 --> 00:58:34.539
 we see

00:58:34.539 --> 00:58:35.380
 around us

00:58:35.380 --> 00:58:36.519
 as lost.

00:58:37.259 --> 00:58:37.759
 Build

00:58:37.759 --> 00:58:38.420
 yourselves

00:58:38.420 --> 00:58:40.039
 up in

00:58:40.039 --> 00:58:40.440
 the most

00:58:40.440 --> 00:58:41.019
 holy

00:58:41.019 --> 00:58:42.139
 faith.

00:58:42.139 --> 00:58:42.179
 faith.

00:58:44.519 --> 00:58:44.879
 Then we

00:58:44.879 --> 00:58:45.379
 move from

00:58:45.379 --> 00:58:45.619
 this.

00:58:45.699 --> 00:58:46.139
 You think

00:58:46.139 --> 00:58:47.099
 it's all

00:58:47.099 --> 00:58:48.039
 about us

00:58:48.039 --> 00:58:49.539
 and what

00:58:49.539 --> 00:58:50.159
 we do,

00:58:51.059 --> 00:58:51.359
 and we

00:58:51.359 --> 00:58:51.819
 know it's

00:58:51.819 --> 00:58:52.239
 not,

00:58:53.059 --> 00:58:53.859
 and that's

00:58:53.859 --> 00:58:54.779
 how Jude

00:58:54.779 --> 00:58:56.359
 closes his

00:58:56.359 --> 00:58:56.759
 letter.

00:58:57.259 --> 00:58:57.619
 We are

00:58:57.619 --> 00:58:58.119
 reminded of

00:58:58.119 --> 00:58:58.759
 the things

00:58:58.759 --> 00:58:59.159
 that we

00:58:59.159 --> 00:58:59.460
 are to

00:58:59.460 --> 00:58:59.699
 do.

00:58:59.879 --> 00:59:00.119
 You,

00:59:00.460 --> 00:59:00.879
 but you

00:59:00.879 --> 00:59:01.759
 must remember

00:59:01.759 --> 00:59:02.400
 the predictions,

00:59:02.599 --> 00:59:03.039
 but you

00:59:03.039 --> 00:59:04.420
 build yourselves

00:59:04.420 --> 00:59:05.059
 up in the

00:59:05.059 --> 00:59:05.440
 faith,

00:59:05.859 --> 00:59:06.299
 but then we

00:59:06.299 --> 00:59:06.819
 are reminded

00:59:06.819 --> 00:59:07.599
 finally that

00:59:07.599 --> 00:59:08.579
 it is the

00:59:08.579 --> 00:59:09.719
 Lord who

00:59:09.719 --> 00:59:10.639
 keeps us.

00:59:10.639 --> 00:59:12.259
 Now to

00:59:12.259 --> 00:59:13.139
 him who

00:59:13.139 --> 00:59:13.679
 is able

00:59:13.679 --> 00:59:14.319
 to keep

00:59:14.319 --> 00:59:14.839
 you from

00:59:14.839 --> 00:59:15.559
 stumbling

00:59:15.559 --> 00:59:16.400
 and to

00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:17.359
 present you

00:59:17.359 --> 00:59:18.299
 blameless

00:59:18.299 --> 00:59:19.299
 before the

00:59:19.299 --> 00:59:20.059
 presence of

00:59:20.059 --> 00:59:20.719
 his glory

00:59:20.719 --> 00:59:21.319
 with great

00:59:21.319 --> 00:59:21.779
 joy.

00:59:22.299 --> 00:59:22.739
 So it

00:59:22.739 --> 00:59:23.480
 is him

00:59:23.480 --> 00:59:24.299
 who is

00:59:24.299 --> 00:59:25.500
 able to

00:59:25.500 --> 00:59:26.359
 keep us.

00:59:27.879 --> 00:59:28.159
 And we

00:59:28.159 --> 00:59:28.819
 are reminded

00:59:28.819 --> 00:59:30.059
 of that,

00:59:30.139 --> 00:59:30.379
 and there's

00:59:30.379 --> 00:59:31.339
 great comfort

00:59:31.339 --> 00:59:32.460
 to us

00:59:32.460 --> 00:59:32.879
 here.

00:59:33.819 --> 00:59:34.299
 How are

00:59:34.299 --> 00:59:34.639
 we going

00:59:34.639 --> 00:59:35.239
 to keep

00:59:35.239 --> 00:59:35.579
 on?

00:59:36.579 --> 00:59:36.900
 Well,

00:59:36.920 --> 00:59:37.179
 if it's

00:59:37.179 --> 00:59:37.839
 all about

00:59:37.839 --> 00:59:38.639
 ourselves,

00:59:39.099 --> 00:59:40.039
 we'll fall

00:59:40.039 --> 00:59:40.639
 short.

00:59:41.579 --> 00:59:42.320
 But you

00:59:42.320 --> 00:59:43.679
 remember the

00:59:43.679 --> 00:59:44.199
 teachings of

00:59:44.199 --> 00:59:44.719
 the apostles,

00:59:44.960 --> 00:59:45.759
 we'll forget

00:59:45.759 --> 00:59:46.820
 certain things.

00:59:47.619 --> 00:59:48.239
 We'll worry

00:59:48.239 --> 00:59:49.039
 about certain

00:59:49.039 --> 00:59:49.599
 things.

00:59:50.139 --> 00:59:50.860
 But you,

00:59:51.019 --> 00:59:51.259
 beloved,

00:59:51.519 --> 00:59:52.480
 build yourselves

00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:52.920
 up.

00:59:53.440 --> 00:59:54.059
 So often

00:59:54.059 --> 00:59:55.019
 we'll fail

00:59:55.019 --> 00:59:55.900
 in that area

00:59:55.900 --> 00:59:56.360
 too.

00:59:57.239 --> 00:59:58.000
 But God

00:59:58.000 --> 00:59:58.539
 knows.

00:59:59.539 --> 01:00:00.159
 And that's

01:00:00.159 --> 01:00:00.679
 why it is

01:00:00.679 --> 01:00:01.679
 him who

01:00:01.679 --> 01:00:02.179
 is able

01:00:02.179 --> 01:00:02.880
 to keep

01:00:02.880 --> 01:00:03.699
 you from

01:00:03.699 --> 01:00:04.340
 stumbling

01:00:04.340 --> 01:00:05.099
 and to

01:00:05.099 --> 01:00:05.940
 present you

01:00:05.940 --> 01:00:07.159
 blameless.

01:00:07.159 --> 01:00:08.359
 it's not

01:00:08.359 --> 01:00:08.879
 ourselves

01:00:08.879 --> 01:00:09.539
 coming and

01:00:09.539 --> 01:00:09.779
 saying,

01:00:10.179 --> 01:00:10.599
 here is

01:00:10.599 --> 01:00:11.239
 what I've

01:00:11.239 --> 01:00:11.639
 done.

01:00:12.859 --> 01:00:13.480
 But we

01:00:13.480 --> 01:00:13.839
 can say,

01:00:13.899 --> 01:00:14.179
 Lord,

01:00:14.579 --> 01:00:15.079
 in my

01:00:15.079 --> 01:00:15.839
 imperfect

01:00:15.839 --> 01:00:16.739
 love for

01:00:16.739 --> 01:00:17.019
 you,

01:00:17.319 --> 01:00:17.899
 in all

01:00:17.899 --> 01:00:18.159
 my

01:00:18.159 --> 01:00:19.079
 failings

01:00:19.079 --> 01:00:20.859
 before you,

01:00:21.119 --> 01:00:21.779
 I come

01:00:21.779 --> 01:00:22.399
 not through

01:00:22.399 --> 01:00:23.259
 myself,

01:00:24.619 --> 01:00:25.480
 but presented

01:00:25.480 --> 01:00:26.579
 blameless

01:00:26.579 --> 01:00:27.899
 through you.

01:00:28.539 --> 01:00:29.219
 For you

01:00:29.219 --> 01:00:29.960
 have promised

01:00:29.960 --> 01:00:31.139
 to keep

01:00:31.139 --> 01:00:31.379
 me,

01:00:31.920 --> 01:00:32.379
 that you

01:00:32.379 --> 01:00:32.960
 will keep

01:00:32.960 --> 01:00:33.960
 all who

01:00:33.960 --> 01:00:34.420
 put their

01:00:34.420 --> 01:00:35.899
 trust in

01:00:35.900 --> 01:00:36.240
 you.

01:00:37.019 --> 01:00:37.539
 And there's

01:00:37.539 --> 01:00:38.500
 much power

01:00:38.500 --> 01:00:39.220
 and there's

01:00:39.220 --> 01:00:40.059
 much comfort

01:00:40.059 --> 01:00:41.180
 in these

01:00:41.180 --> 01:00:41.599
 words.

01:00:41.720 --> 01:00:42.220
 It's a

01:00:42.220 --> 01:00:42.880
 benediction.

01:00:43.240 --> 01:00:43.700
 It's a

01:00:43.700 --> 01:00:44.539
 blessing on

01:00:44.539 --> 01:00:44.980
 God's

01:00:44.980 --> 01:00:45.579
 people.

01:00:46.200 --> 01:00:46.619
 And that's

01:00:46.619 --> 01:00:46.980
 the way

01:00:46.980 --> 01:00:48.820
 Jude concludes

01:00:48.820 --> 01:00:49.660
 this letter,

01:00:49.860 --> 01:00:50.559
 with these

01:00:50.559 --> 01:00:51.300
 powerful

01:00:51.300 --> 01:00:52.500
 words.

01:00:53.500 --> 01:00:54.340
 It's a

01:00:54.340 --> 01:00:54.880
 letter of

01:00:54.880 --> 01:00:55.519
 urgent

01:00:55.519 --> 01:00:56.320
 warnings

01:00:56.320 --> 01:00:57.539
 about our

01:00:57.539 --> 01:00:57.940
 own

01:00:57.940 --> 01:00:59.360
 responsibilities,

01:01:00.400 --> 01:01:00.940
 but it's a

01:01:00.940 --> 01:01:01.579
 letter too

01:01:01.579 --> 01:01:02.440
 reminding us

01:01:02.440 --> 01:01:03.119
 that it is

01:01:03.119 --> 01:01:04.300
 him who

01:01:04.300 --> 01:01:05.280
 keeps us.

01:01:05.900 --> 01:01:06.700
 And when

01:01:06.700 --> 01:01:07.180
 you think

01:01:07.180 --> 01:01:07.680
 of these

01:01:07.680 --> 01:01:08.240
 words,

01:01:08.820 --> 01:01:09.139
 now to

01:01:09.139 --> 01:01:09.660
 him who

01:01:09.660 --> 01:01:10.300
 is able

01:01:10.300 --> 01:01:11.400
 to keep

01:01:11.400 --> 01:01:11.940
 you from

01:01:11.940 --> 01:01:12.700
 stumbling.

01:01:13.960 --> 01:01:14.519
 Stumbling,

01:01:14.780 --> 01:01:15.059
 again,

01:01:15.260 --> 01:01:15.660
 we come

01:01:15.660 --> 01:01:16.099
 back to

01:01:16.099 --> 01:01:16.860
 thinking about

01:01:16.860 --> 01:01:17.660
 a child.

01:01:18.900 --> 01:01:19.280
 And so

01:01:19.280 --> 01:01:19.900
 often when I

01:01:19.900 --> 01:01:20.220
 think of

01:01:20.220 --> 01:01:20.820
 these words,

01:01:20.900 --> 01:01:21.440
 it reminds

01:01:21.440 --> 01:01:21.980
 me of a

01:01:21.980 --> 01:01:23.380
 child learning

01:01:23.380 --> 01:01:23.980
 to ride

01:01:23.980 --> 01:01:24.700
 their bike.

01:01:25.619 --> 01:01:26.280
 How little

01:01:26.280 --> 01:01:26.880
 by little

01:01:26.880 --> 01:01:27.820
 they learn

01:01:27.820 --> 01:01:28.400
 to ride,

01:01:28.500 --> 01:01:29.160
 first maybe

01:01:29.160 --> 01:01:29.700
 with both

01:01:29.700 --> 01:01:30.599
 stabilizers

01:01:30.599 --> 01:01:30.940
 on,

01:01:31.280 --> 01:01:31.700
 a little

01:01:31.700 --> 01:01:32.700
 bit wobbly.

01:01:32.699 --> 01:01:34.139
 then one

01:01:34.139 --> 01:01:35.119
 stabilizer

01:01:35.119 --> 01:01:35.679
 is taken

01:01:35.679 --> 01:01:36.399
 off and

01:01:36.399 --> 01:01:36.739
 they'll be

01:01:36.739 --> 01:01:37.379
 stumbling

01:01:37.379 --> 01:01:37.799
 then.

01:01:38.299 --> 01:01:38.519
 And then

01:01:38.519 --> 01:01:38.899
 the time

01:01:38.899 --> 01:01:39.299
 will come

01:01:39.299 --> 01:01:39.859
 when both

01:01:39.859 --> 01:01:40.719
 stabilizers

01:01:40.719 --> 01:01:41.460
 come off

01:01:41.460 --> 01:01:42.219
 and the

01:01:42.219 --> 01:01:42.919
 child is

01:01:42.919 --> 01:01:43.419
 wobbling

01:01:43.419 --> 01:01:44.099
 from side

01:01:44.099 --> 01:01:44.859
 to side.

01:01:45.859 --> 01:01:46.319
 But as a

01:01:46.319 --> 01:01:46.639
 parent,

01:01:46.739 --> 01:01:47.019
 as a

01:01:47.019 --> 01:01:47.559
 father or

01:01:47.559 --> 01:01:47.919
 a mother,

01:01:48.279 --> 01:01:48.719
 you take

01:01:48.719 --> 01:01:49.279
 hold of

01:01:49.279 --> 01:01:49.739
 the seat

01:01:49.739 --> 01:01:49.980
 or you

01:01:49.980 --> 01:01:50.659
 go alongside

01:01:50.659 --> 01:01:51.099
 them,

01:01:51.379 --> 01:01:52.000
 you keep

01:01:52.000 --> 01:01:52.539
 them from

01:01:52.539 --> 01:01:53.219
 stumbling.

01:01:54.879 --> 01:01:55.359
 It's almost

01:01:55.359 --> 01:01:55.939
 like that is

01:01:55.939 --> 01:01:56.379
 the image

01:01:56.379 --> 01:01:56.919
 that we have

01:01:56.919 --> 01:01:57.460
 here.

01:01:58.079 --> 01:01:58.919
 Him who

01:01:58.919 --> 01:01:59.519
 is able

01:01:59.519 --> 01:02:00.519
 to keep

01:02:00.519 --> 01:02:00.860
 you from

01:02:00.860 --> 01:02:01.480
 stumbling.

01:02:01.860 --> 01:02:02.360
 Him who

01:02:02.360 --> 01:02:02.980
 is with

01:02:02.980 --> 01:02:04.699
 you always.

01:02:05.519 --> 01:02:06.039
 The one

01:02:06.039 --> 01:02:06.960
 who is able

01:02:06.960 --> 01:02:08.099
 to keep

01:02:08.099 --> 01:02:08.239
 you.

01:02:08.280 --> 01:02:08.800
 The one

01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:09.420
 who we

01:02:09.420 --> 01:02:10.440
 see described

01:02:10.440 --> 01:02:11.259
 as having

01:02:11.259 --> 01:02:12.199
 his everlasting

01:02:12.199 --> 01:02:14.019
 arms underneath.

01:02:15.159 --> 01:02:15.759
 The one

01:02:15.759 --> 01:02:16.639
 who keeps

01:02:16.639 --> 01:02:18.659
 his people.

01:02:20.039 --> 01:02:20.480
 And so

01:02:20.480 --> 01:02:20.960
 we are to

01:02:20.960 --> 01:02:22.139
 follow the

01:02:22.139 --> 01:02:23.039
 example of

01:02:23.039 --> 01:02:24.039
 Jude himself

01:02:24.039 --> 01:02:24.440
 here.

01:02:24.780 --> 01:02:25.539
 The one

01:02:25.539 --> 01:02:26.699
 who persevered

01:02:26.699 --> 01:02:27.460
 in the

01:02:27.460 --> 01:02:28.000
 faith and

01:02:28.000 --> 01:02:28.440
 the hard

01:02:28.440 --> 01:02:29.440
 work of

01:02:29.440 --> 01:02:30.119
 the Christian

01:02:30.119 --> 01:02:30.679
 life.

01:02:31.460 --> 01:02:31.800
 But the

01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:32.820
 one who

01:02:32.820 --> 01:02:33.220
 is able

01:02:33.220 --> 01:02:34.000
 to praise

01:02:34.000 --> 01:02:35.139
 God in

01:02:35.139 --> 01:02:35.659
 the midst

01:02:35.659 --> 01:02:36.179
 of it

01:02:36.179 --> 01:02:36.500
 all.

01:02:37.599 --> 01:02:38.240
 So how

01:02:38.240 --> 01:02:39.139
 do we

01:02:39.139 --> 01:02:39.860
 persevere?

01:02:40.679 --> 01:02:41.519
 How then

01:02:41.519 --> 01:02:42.500
 do we

01:02:42.500 --> 01:02:43.280
 keep on?

01:02:44.480 --> 01:02:44.760
 We

01:02:44.760 --> 01:02:45.440
 remember,

01:02:46.320 --> 01:02:46.659
 beloved,

01:02:46.840 --> 01:02:47.579
 the predictions.

01:02:49.019 --> 01:02:49.980
 We remember,

01:02:50.639 --> 01:02:51.000
 beloved,

01:02:51.320 --> 01:02:51.880
 that we are

01:02:51.880 --> 01:02:52.539
 to build

01:02:52.539 --> 01:02:53.860
 ourselves up

01:02:53.860 --> 01:02:54.519
 in the

01:02:54.519 --> 01:02:55.320
 most holy

01:02:55.320 --> 01:02:55.760
 faith.

01:02:55.860 --> 01:02:56.340
 But above

01:02:56.340 --> 01:02:56.800
 all,

01:02:57.360 --> 01:02:58.179
 we remember

01:02:58.179 --> 01:02:59.420
 him,

01:02:59.440 --> 01:03:00.360
 who is

01:03:00.360 --> 01:03:01.480
 able to

01:03:01.480 --> 01:03:02.220
 keep you

01:03:02.220 --> 01:03:02.800
 from

01:03:02.800 --> 01:03:03.360
 stumbling

01:03:03.360 --> 01:03:03.659
 and to

01:03:03.659 --> 01:03:04.400
 present you

01:03:04.400 --> 01:03:05.099
 blameless

01:03:05.099 --> 01:03:06.599
 before the

01:03:06.599 --> 01:03:07.420
 presence of

01:03:07.420 --> 01:03:08.179
 his glory

01:03:08.179 --> 01:03:09.579
 with great

01:03:09.579 --> 01:03:10.059
 joy.

01:03:10.880 --> 01:03:11.460
 We have a

01:03:11.460 --> 01:03:12.539
 God who

01:03:12.539 --> 01:03:13.260
 is able

01:03:13.260 --> 01:03:14.440
 to keep

01:03:14.440 --> 01:03:14.820
 us.

01:03:15.700 --> 01:03:16.220
 Here,

01:03:16.659 --> 01:03:17.579
 before us

01:03:17.579 --> 01:03:18.420
 this night,

01:03:18.500 --> 01:03:19.019
 we have a

01:03:19.019 --> 01:03:19.360
 letter.

01:03:20.800 --> 01:03:21.420
 And on this

01:03:21.420 --> 01:03:21.840
 letter,

01:03:22.240 --> 01:03:22.840
 it says,

01:03:22.940 --> 01:03:23.400
 this is on

01:03:23.400 --> 01:03:24.559
 his majesty's

01:03:24.559 --> 01:03:25.340
 service.

01:03:25.340 --> 01:03:25.440
 verse,

01:03:25.980 --> 01:03:27.240
 it's not

01:03:27.240 --> 01:03:28.019
 to be

01:03:28.019 --> 01:03:28.519
 ignored.

01:03:29.360 --> 01:03:30.140
 So the

01:03:30.140 --> 01:03:31.120
 question is,

01:03:31.920 --> 01:03:32.920
 but you.

01:03:34.079 --> 01:03:34.860
 What will

01:03:34.860 --> 01:03:35.340
 you do

01:03:35.340 --> 01:03:36.519
 with this

01:03:36.519 --> 01:03:36.900
 word?

01:03:37.620 --> 01:03:38.240
 Will you

01:03:38.240 --> 01:03:38.940
 ignore it

01:03:38.940 --> 01:03:39.579
 and put it

01:03:39.579 --> 01:03:39.960
 away?

01:03:40.900 --> 01:03:41.380
 Or will you

01:03:41.380 --> 01:03:41.860
 open your

01:03:41.860 --> 01:03:43.059
 heart to

01:03:43.059 --> 01:03:43.940
 receive this

01:03:43.940 --> 01:03:45.180
 word and

01:03:45.180 --> 01:03:46.440
 see as a

01:03:46.440 --> 01:03:47.600
 people what

01:03:47.600 --> 01:03:48.120
 we are to

01:03:48.120 --> 01:03:49.360
 do to keep

01:03:49.360 --> 01:03:50.039
 ourselves,

01:03:50.039 --> 01:03:50.320
 us,

01:03:50.840 --> 01:03:51.699
 but above

01:03:51.699 --> 01:03:52.239
 all to

01:03:52.239 --> 01:03:53.480
 see what

01:03:53.480 --> 01:03:54.059
 God has

01:03:54.059 --> 01:03:55.059
 done to

01:03:55.059 --> 01:03:55.840
 keep us

01:03:55.840 --> 01:03:56.739
 from stumbling

01:03:56.739 --> 01:03:57.300
 and that he

01:03:57.300 --> 01:03:58.779
 is able to

01:03:58.779 --> 01:03:59.759
 keep us

01:03:59.759 --> 01:04:00.940
 for all

01:04:00.940 --> 01:04:02.000
 eternity.

01:04:02.920 --> 01:04:03.340
 May we

01:04:03.340 --> 01:04:04.559
 hear what

01:04:04.559 --> 01:04:05.079
 God the

01:04:05.079 --> 01:04:05.599
 Lord is

01:04:05.599 --> 01:04:06.639
 saying and

01:04:06.639 --> 01:04:07.019
 put our

01:04:07.019 --> 01:04:08.320
 trust in

01:04:08.320 --> 01:04:08.579
 him.

01:04:08.759 --> 01:04:09.099
 Let us

01:04:09.099 --> 01:04:09.400
 pray.

01:04:11.880 --> 01:04:12.480
 Our

01:04:12.480 --> 01:04:13.380
 Father in

01:04:13.380 --> 01:04:13.699
 heaven,

01:04:13.820 --> 01:04:14.480
 we rejoice

01:04:14.480 --> 01:04:14.860
 that you

01:04:14.860 --> 01:04:15.159
 are a

01:04:15.159 --> 01:04:15.659
 God who

01:04:15.659 --> 01:04:16.400
 speaks and

01:04:16.400 --> 01:04:16.679
 who has

01:04:16.679 --> 01:04:17.279
 not kept

01:04:17.279 --> 01:04:17.800
 silent,

01:04:18.320 --> 01:04:18.759
 that you

01:04:18.759 --> 01:04:19.119
 have not

01:04:19.119 --> 01:04:19.840
 turned away

01:04:19.840 --> 01:04:20.600
 from us,

01:04:21.079 --> 01:04:21.380
 but that

01:04:21.380 --> 01:04:21.760
 you are a

01:04:21.760 --> 01:04:22.180
 God who

01:04:22.180 --> 01:04:22.820
 is calling

01:04:22.820 --> 01:04:23.559
 his people

01:04:23.559 --> 01:04:24.760
 to heed

01:04:24.760 --> 01:04:25.539
 your word,

01:04:25.700 --> 01:04:26.360
 to hear what

01:04:26.360 --> 01:04:26.600
 you are

01:04:26.600 --> 01:04:27.720
 saying as

01:04:27.720 --> 01:04:28.280
 our Lord

01:04:28.280 --> 01:04:28.720
 and as

01:04:28.720 --> 01:04:29.360
 our King.

01:04:30.140 --> 01:04:30.440
 And so

01:04:30.440 --> 01:04:31.200
 help us to

01:04:31.200 --> 01:04:32.360
 hear that

01:04:32.360 --> 01:04:32.620
 you are

01:04:32.620 --> 01:04:33.300
 calling to

01:04:33.300 --> 01:04:34.100
 us as a

01:04:34.100 --> 01:04:34.440
 people,

01:04:34.559 --> 01:04:35.079
 every one

01:04:35.079 --> 01:04:35.500
 of us,

01:04:36.079 --> 01:04:36.820
 but you

01:04:36.820 --> 01:04:37.780
 this evening.

01:04:38.280 --> 01:04:38.760
 What will

01:04:38.760 --> 01:04:39.200
 you do?

01:04:39.780 --> 01:04:40.220
 So Lord,

01:04:40.300 --> 01:04:40.780
 bless us,

01:04:40.860 --> 01:04:41.260
 we pray,

01:04:41.340 --> 01:04:42.000
 and guide us

01:04:42.000 --> 01:04:42.519
 in all of

01:04:42.519 --> 01:04:43.260
 these things,

01:04:43.780 --> 01:04:44.480
 forgiving our

01:04:44.480 --> 01:04:44.940
 sins,

01:04:45.059 --> 01:04:45.539
 in Jesus'

01:04:45.539 --> 01:04:46.019
 name.

01:04:46.519 --> 01:04:46.900
 Amen.

01:04:49.840 --> 01:04:51.760
 We're going

01:04:51.760 --> 01:04:52.360
 to conclude

01:04:52.360 --> 01:04:53.000
 by singing

01:04:53.000 --> 01:04:54.120
 to God's

01:04:54.120 --> 01:04:54.660
 praise in

01:04:54.660 --> 01:04:56.300
 Psalm 139,

01:04:57.380 --> 01:05:01.860
 page 433,

01:05:03.320 --> 01:05:05.019
 Psalm 139,

01:05:06.160 --> 01:05:07.280
 at verse 16

01:05:07.280 --> 01:05:07.800
 down to

01:05:07.800 --> 01:05:08.700
 verse 18,

01:05:08.820 --> 01:05:09.380
 the tune is

01:05:09.380 --> 01:05:09.940
 Weatherby.

01:05:11.079 --> 01:05:11.660
 This is Psalm

01:05:11.660 --> 01:05:12.519
 reminds us

01:05:12.519 --> 01:05:13.260
 that the Lord

01:05:13.260 --> 01:05:14.059
 knows that

01:05:14.059 --> 01:05:15.300
 every circumstance,

01:05:15.300 --> 01:05:16.600
 even as we

01:05:16.600 --> 01:05:17.300
 see in these

01:05:17.300 --> 01:05:18.140
 verses that

01:05:18.140 --> 01:05:19.080
 we are formed

01:05:19.080 --> 01:05:20.800
 in the innermost

01:05:20.800 --> 01:05:21.640
 part, we are

01:05:21.640 --> 01:05:22.780
 formed in

01:05:22.780 --> 01:05:23.560
 his knowledge

01:05:23.560 --> 01:05:24.200
 of us.

01:05:24.300 --> 01:05:24.820
 Thine eyes

01:05:24.820 --> 01:05:25.640
 my substance

01:05:25.640 --> 01:05:26.660
 did behold,

01:05:27.160 --> 01:05:27.820
 yet being

01:05:27.820 --> 01:05:28.680
 unperfect,

01:05:29.280 --> 01:05:29.680
 and in the

01:05:29.680 --> 01:05:30.320
 volume of

01:05:30.320 --> 01:05:30.780
 thy book

01:05:30.780 --> 01:05:31.539
 my members

01:05:31.539 --> 01:05:32.180
 all were

01:05:32.180 --> 01:05:32.420
 writh,

01:05:32.820 --> 01:05:33.560
 which after

01:05:33.560 --> 01:05:34.600
 incontinuance

01:05:34.600 --> 01:05:35.300
 were fashioned

01:05:35.300 --> 01:05:36.080
 every one,

01:05:36.640 --> 01:05:37.120
 when as

01:05:37.120 --> 01:05:37.620
 they yet

01:05:37.620 --> 01:05:38.420
 as shapeless

01:05:38.420 --> 01:05:38.760
 were,

01:05:38.820 --> 01:05:39.440
 and of them

01:05:39.440 --> 01:05:40.440
 there was

01:05:40.440 --> 01:05:40.780
 none.

01:05:41.539 --> 01:05:42.039
 But yet

01:05:42.039 --> 01:05:42.620
 we see

01:05:42.620 --> 01:05:43.320
 how precious

01:05:43.320 --> 01:05:44.240
 also are

01:05:44.240 --> 01:05:44.880
 your thoughts,

01:05:44.880 --> 01:05:45.579
 O gracious

01:05:45.579 --> 01:05:46.220
 God,

01:05:46.599 --> 01:05:47.119
 to me,

01:05:47.640 --> 01:05:48.059
 and in

01:05:48.059 --> 01:05:48.700
 their sum

01:05:48.700 --> 01:05:49.440
 how passing

01:05:49.440 --> 01:05:50.619
 great and

01:05:50.619 --> 01:05:51.440
 numberless

01:05:51.440 --> 01:05:52.320
 they be.

01:05:52.780 --> 01:05:53.300
 So we'll sing

01:05:53.300 --> 01:05:54.300
 from verse 16

01:05:54.300 --> 01:05:55.059
 to 18

01:05:55.059 --> 01:05:55.920
 to God's

01:05:55.920 --> 01:05:56.400
 praise.

01:05:56.400 --> 01:05:57.400
 Amen.

01:06:01.400 --> 01:06:04.400
 Thy night

01:06:05.000 --> 01:06:07.400
 my substance

01:06:07.400 --> 01:06:09.500
 still

01:06:09.500 --> 01:06:11.660
 behold,

01:06:12.140 --> 01:06:13.079
 yet

01:06:13.079 --> 01:06:13.480
 and he

01:06:13.480 --> 01:06:20.579
 added,

01:06:20.719 --> 01:06:21.159
 and in

01:06:21.179 --> 01:06:22.239
 his

01:06:22.239 --> 01:06:22.619
 의 order

01:06:22.619 --> 01:06:26.679
 hold

01:06:26.679 --> 01:06:27.940
 high

01:06:27.940 --> 01:06:28.099
 of

01:06:29.759 --> 01:06:30.539
 my

01:06:30.539 --> 01:06:31.619
 members

01:06:31.619 --> 01:06:33.279
 of

01:06:33.279 --> 01:06:35.699
 wherein

01:06:35.699 --> 01:06:36.199
 chacun

01:06:36.199 --> 01:06:45.199
 We chapter in continuous

01:06:45.199 --> 01:06:54.199
 Where passion gave me war

01:06:54.199 --> 01:07:04.199
 When us created all shameless were

01:07:04.199 --> 01:07:13.199
 And nothing there was none

01:07:13.199 --> 01:07:23.199
 How precious also I thought

01:07:23.199 --> 01:07:31.199
 O gracious God to me

01:07:31.199 --> 01:07:36.199
 And in their song

01:07:36.199 --> 01:07:40.199
 How vows sing great

01:07:40.199 --> 01:07:48.199
 How dumb their heads believe

01:07:48.199 --> 01:07:57.199
 If I should count the path

01:07:57.199 --> 01:08:01.199
 The sound they would

01:08:01.199 --> 01:08:06.199
 Lord in number be

01:08:06.199 --> 01:08:12.199
 What time so ever

01:08:12.199 --> 01:08:16.199
 Nigh away

01:08:16.199 --> 01:08:25.199
 I am the one with thee

01:08:25.199 --> 01:08:29.199
 After the benediction I'll go to the door to my left

01:08:29.199 --> 01:08:30.199
 We'll close with the benediction

01:08:30.199 --> 01:08:34.199
 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God

01:08:34.199 --> 01:08:36.199
 Father, Son and Holy Spirit

01:08:36.199 --> 01:08:39.199
 Rest upon and abide with you all

01:08:39.199 --> 01:08:40.199
 Now and forever more

01:08:40.199 --> 01:08:41.199
 Amen

01:08:41.199 --> 01:08:42.199
 Amen

01:08:42.199 --> 01:08:56.199
 Amen

01:08:56.199 --> 01:09:00.199
 Amen

01:09:00.199 --> 01:09:02.199
 Amen

01:09:02.199 --> 01:09:32.179
 Thank you.